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Title: Position report / beacon
#1
I am using MacENC for some weeks. Looking to the beacon function, this feature is just timely sending an email in a specific format containing the last position to a contact. Is there a way to send the position report directly to the Winlink system ? It would be great, no ? (the idea is to permit our contact to directly look the position on a map) Regards. Laurent
 
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#2
Please elaborate. The MacENC Position Transponder will send the position report to any email(s) which can be a Winlink email address. MacENC uses the OS X mail application to send emails. The only way I know that MacENC (OS Mail App) can communicate with a Pactor modem or Sat Phone is with GMN XGate
Scott Dillon
Sydney Australia
North Shore 38
CYCA
 
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#3
In fact, my basic issue is:
How is it possible for an "idiot" user of internet to plot the position of the boat on a map when receiving an mail by the MacENC beacon feature ?

Some systems like Winlink ( in my case http://www.winlink.org/dotnet/maps/Posit...sign=F1LNX ) for Ham using Airmail or Yotreps permit to plot directly but I understand that Yopreps needs a specific format described here ( http://www.pangolin.co.nz/yotreps/submit...eports.php ).

The idea is why not to generate directly inside MacENC the right format in order to plot directly on a map ?

Best regards.
Laurent.
 
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#4
Just to precise my previous mail,

1) the Maptech server does not give, in my case, the precise plot but just a general map:

Laurent - avr.-09-08 15:08

http://mapserver.maptech.com/homepage/in...8|6.010383

COG: 310º VRAI
SOG: 7.3 KTS

2) winlink or google earth (why not ?) are cleaner (no ads) and probably more user friendly for a basic user.
 
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