[OZAPRS] New APRS Weather Warning service for Australia

[JandG]

correct.

So we are talking about different systems here.

I am looking forward to see the Aussie one.


Gerard

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ray Wells" <vk2tv at exemail.com.au>
To: "Australian APRS Users" <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 5:39 PM
Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] New APRS Weather Warning service for Australia


> Does all of this relate to the NOAA weather radio transmissions in the US? 
> Some frequencies include 162.400, 162.425, 162.475, and 162.500MHz.
>
> Ray vk2tv
>
> JandG wrote:
>> The D710 operator's manual says: When the "Weather alert " is available 
>> (in USA and Canada) and is activated then this function will check for a 
>> received NOAA 1050Hz tone.
>> When the tone is received the weather alert tone will sound.
>>
>> On the D710 you can select the weather channel by selecting in the menus 
>> the "Weather Alert"
>>
>> Not sure what it all means in Oz.
>>
>>
>> In your system are the weather alerts transmitted via APRS???
>>
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Gerard
>> VK2JNG
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Geoff" <geoff at gatwards.org>
>> To: "'Australian APRS Users'" <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 3:23 PM
>> Subject: RE: [OZAPRS] New APRS Weather Warning service for Australia
>>
>>
>>> Not sure about the tone - if that's something generated internally by 
>>> the
>>> D710, then probably, as the protocol is the same as the USA.
>>>
>>> Geoff
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au [mailto:ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au] On
>>> Behalf Of JandG
>>> Sent: Tuesday, 18 November 2008 2:41 PM
>>> To: Australian APRS Users
>>> Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] New APRS Weather Warning service for Australia
>>>
>>> Hope it will all work out. Great initiative. How will this work on a 
>>> D710.
>>> Will it use a tone of 1050Hz like in the USA?
>>>
>>> Looking forward to the outcome.
>>> Thanks,
>>> Gerard
>>> VK2JNG
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Geoff" <geoff at gatwards.org>
>>> To: "'Australian APRS Users'" <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
>>> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 8:34 PM
>>> Subject: [OZAPRS] New APRS Weather Warning service for Australia
>>>
>>>
>>>> Folks,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> As some of you may be aware, we have been working on a project in the
>>>> background to establish an APRS Weather Server to disseminate warning
>>>> information via APRS, in a similar method and format to the NWS 
>>>> messages
>>>> in
>>>> the USA.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> After several months of on again, off again scripting, testing and
>>>> frustration, we finally have something that is ALMOST ready to be let
>>>> loose
>>>> on our national APRS network.  The system is known as WXSVR-AU and will
>>>> generate area messages, objects and plain text messages that will be
>>>> targeted at areas affected by current warnings from the Bureau of
>>>> Meteorology.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Full details of the project are online at  http://wxsvr.aprs.net.au
>>>> <http://wxsvr.aprs.net.au/>
>>>>
>>>> There are still some sections of the site that are as yet incomplete, 
>>>> but
>>>> the information that is there should provide a teaser of what is coming
>>>> your
>>>> way, and how to prepare to handle the data.  We would appreciate it if
>>>> IGate
>>>> operators could configure their systems to gate the relevant area 
>>>> messages
>>>> to RF to maximize the benefits of this system.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The data stream is not yet publically available - however I'm hoping by
>>>> end
>>>> of November the last few bugs with the protocol implementation will be
>>>> resolved, and at this stage the WXSVR-AU stream will be allowed into 
>>>> the
>>>> wider APRS-IS.
>>>>
>>>> When it is, it will be available via the standard APRS-IS streams.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Since the protocol used is identical to that used in the USA, the 
>>>> standard
>>>> NWS clients for UI-View and other applications can be used to display 
>>>> this
>>>> data.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hopefully get the shapefiles uploaded this week and swing the data 
>>>> stream
>>>> over to the live network soon after.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Any comments, questions etc welcome.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Geoff  VK2XJG
>>>>
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