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inputting lat long pos issue
Posted: Sat May 06, 2023 1:39 am
by 2E0IQZ
im trying to add my lat long pos manually into my rt3s non gps and im struggling as my pos is listed as
52.94## and -1.26## trying to figure out how to add the negitive value to it, is their a way to do it via cps or is it radio only
tia
Re: inputting lat long pos issue
Posted: Sat May 06, 2023 1:53 am
by F1RMB
Hi,
N vs S, E vs W
Cheers.
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Daniel
Re: inputting lat long pos issue
Posted: Sat May 06, 2023 2:17 am
by 2E0IQZ
F1RMB wrote: ↑Sat May 06, 2023 1:53 am
Hi,
N vs S, E vs W
Cheers.
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Daniel
confused a little with that response ik i can change the first strig to north or southe but the second one i cant or im doing something wrong my full pos is
not quite shure how i go about inputting that
(edited to remove info)
Re: inputting lat long pos issue
Posted: Sat May 06, 2023 2:23 am
by F1RMB
There is no negative value, minus are South or West
https://github.com/LibreDMR/OpenGD77_Us ... ion-screen
Cheers.
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Daniel
Re: inputting lat long pos issue
Posted: Sat May 06, 2023 2:39 am
by 2E0IQZ
keeps saying im in grid IO92kn when my actual grid is IO92iw close enough ig ty for help
Re: inputting lat long pos issue
Posted: Sat May 06, 2023 3:02 am
by F1RMB
M7RDN wrote: ↑Sat May 06, 2023 2:39 am
keeps saying im in grid IO92kn when my actual grid is IO92iw close enough ig ty for help
Well, send me an email (available on qrz.com) with your coordinates, I will check the convertion.
Cheers.
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Daniel
Re: inputting lat long pos issue
Posted: Sat May 06, 2023 7:27 am
by SA0BUX
Tried you QRZ coordinates on a DM-1701 and got IO92IW
You need to enter add zeros before the 1 i.e. 001.xxxx and then use SK2 + Up/Down arrow to change to W
Re: inputting lat long pos issue
Posted: Thu May 11, 2023 7:48 pm
by 2E0IQZ
SA0BUX wrote: ↑Sat May 06, 2023 7:27 am
Tried you QRZ coordinates on a DM-1701 and got IO92IW
You need to enter add zeros before the 1 i.e. 001.xxxx and then use SK2 + Up/Down arrow to change to W
yeh f1rmb helped me out got it sorted