[OZAPRS] HF APRS

[Ray Wells]

Damien Gardner Jnr wrote:
>
> On 04/01/2009, at 3:34 PM, Shaun Pitcher wrote:
>>
>> 11Gig!  I suppose that is good and bad.  Good that people are using it,
>> bad it cost you money.
>>
>> I am using First server and have backed off my filter radius to limit 
>> the
>> traffic.  I suppose it all adds up, although I must admit I did not 
>> think
>> it would add up to that much!.
>
> You wouldn't think it'd add up much, since it's only a 'measly' 
> 4-5kbytes/second each way..  but when you do the sums, that's about 
> right :)
>
> Since it's pretty equal on the in/out, it doesn't really bother me 
> overly, as it doesn't make a huge dent compared to the rest of the 
> traffic coming out of my rack..  All of the Aus community legal 
> centers combined, manage about that volume in email each day alone :)
>
> What's really weird, is having a box with an aprsd running, that 
> DOESN'T have a transceiver attached - that just feels weird ;)  But I 
> don't think getting a feed from level 2 of GlobalSwitch out to the 
> roof would be cost effective, assuming it was even possible :)
>
> And it's all fun! (and tax deductible! ;) )
>
And it's all appreciated.

Ray vk2tv
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