[AG-TECH] Beacon page entries

[Marty Hoag]

Don Morton wrote:
> 
> All,
> 
> Quick question on how I interpret a beacon page entry that's
> gray, and at the same time doesn't have an "N/A" in it.
> Rather, it might have a number in it.
> 
   My recollection (which might be faulty) is that a beacon which has
NEVER
been received has the N/A and one which is not being received but was at
one time has the grayed out number (it's last reading probably).  I
think the time frame here may be with respect to the server which
maintains the matrix.  But I'm not sure if the server preserves the
information across server restarts or it is "starts over" and builds a
whole new matrix.  

   Marty


> I'm looking at the "List of Colours at Beacon Viewer" web page:
> 
> http://dast.nlanr.net/Projects/Beacon/guide_colors.html
> 
> and it suggests the intuitive notion that Gray implies "SOL" :)
> 
> So, if there's actually a number in that entry, does it mean
> something?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Don
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