[OZAPRS] APRS VK3 Data

[Richard]

Gday Mark,

The single character in the digi star icon represent the different 
functions of the digipeater.

1 - Fill-in Digi (supports Wide1-1 only)
W - WICEN configured digi
E - European configuration that supports the old Relay,Wide and new 
Wide1-1,Wide2-1
S - The new standard that only supports Wide1-1,Wide2-1

The E digi's are being phased out and replaced with the S digis.

There are 4 frequencies in use in VK3 for APRS;
10.1476MHz - National APRS HF channel (USB)
145.175MHz - National APRS VHF channel
145.200MHz - National WICEN Data channel (Used for WICEN only)
439.100MHz - National APRS UHF Channel (Used mainly in Melbourne)

The black diamond icon with an I in it represents an IGate on VHF or 
UHF, if the black diamond has a G in it it's an HF Gate. The blue icons 
with a ? are either packet traffic monitors or Info Kiosks.

SSID information can be found at http://www.aprs.net.au/aprs_ssid_guide.htm

I think that covers most of them.

Cheers
Richard
VK3JFK



Mark Robinson VK4KMR wrote:
> Hi All,
>
>         I have been watching the VK3 APRS data for the last few hours and am
> puzzled with all the different Digi symbols being used. Star with a W, E, S
> & T are a few. Then there's callsigns followed with - A & B & AD & C, and a
> number of colorful Gateway symbols. Can someone explain to us all what all
> these mean?
>
>         I also have seen a number of different APRS frequencies being across
> the state, I thought we where all standardizing this to a National frequency
> so wherever we travel this great country APRS is common to all. 
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> 73's
>
>  
>
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