[OZAPRS] HF APRS settings + Great map of Ts etc(Rodney Mitchell)

[Rodney Mitchell]

On Fri, 2007-06-08 at 21:49 +0930, Tony Hunt wrote:
> Look again Rod ..
> 
> I was in town watching on the D700 around 5pm and saw at least 2 frames
from
> 5KFB-15 on 2m .. Theres no limiting on VK5 traffic from the Igate at
all.
> Its blanket and imediate with no buffering from memory.. Which can be a
bit
> chaotic if we are not careful.. The interstate traffic has some limits
on it
> and can be delayed or dropped off the Que..
> 
> So dunno why you didnt see your HF frames.. Unless there is a local HF
gate
> operating and the Igate sees 5KFB-15 as a local station on 2m via a
digi. In
> that case it will gate it to the Net but not back off the net. After a
time
> if it does not see your -15 it will fall off the local list and start
gating
> again off the Net..
> 
> Tony Hunt VK5AH
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <ozaprs-request at aprs.net.au>
> 
> > Rodney Mitchell wrote:
> > > Hi Gang
> > >
> > > Finally set up a HF APRS system in the car ready for SA's long
weekend.
> > >
> > > Looking up the settings via aprs.net.au and found "gate,wide"
> > >
> > > however I didn't see my packets digipeated via VHF in Adelaide. Saw
them
> > > via the internet servers.
> > >
> > > Is that a deliberate happening to limit traffic? From memory 5AH and
5EX
> > > appear on the D700 screen when they have been HFing.
> > >
> > > Oh and thanks for the great 10K:1 map of Tassie, magic, used the
script
> > > within XASTIR to convert and bingo!
> > >
> > > Had a big play with Darryl's NETaprs program to send packets from
AGPWE
> > > (or any server) to Oziexplorer. Excellent! Especially with the 50K:1
> > > maps in Ozi...if every HAM interested donated a wee sum it'd
terrific to
> > > see Darryl finish it off, well done!
> > >
> > > Chees de Rod, VK5KFB
> > >


Hi Tony and thanks for your reply.

Yep! finally noticed 1 late this arvo so all is well, scrolled through
the list a few times but must of missed it yesterday, although
interesting the explanation you gave.

Cheers, rOD.



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