[OZAPRS] Temporary IGate for JOTA question.

[Steve]

Hello all,

During JOTA this weekend, our district (Black Range, NSW) will be 
running up to five back-pack trackers during a scout navigation exercise.

I'd like to have this gated to the APRS-IS network but we are in a bit 
of a VHF hole (we are near Canberra, but we even have trouble getting 
into the mighty VK1RGI from there!).
I will have Internet access from our site, and I will be taking an 
Xastir box.
I have had a careful read of the APRS-IS stuff, and I understand that if 
I don't have a verification number (or pass-code as Xastir calls it), 
then I can receive data from APRS-IS, but never send to RF. Does this 
also mean that I will never send to the APRS-IS network at all?

I don't really need to send to RF. I'd just like to have the kids 
running around the bush show up on the normal APRS related sites like findu.

Can this be done, or will I need a verification number?
If I do need one, how do I go about getting one? I'd only want it for 
the weekend as the Canberra area is well served with I-Gates already.

Thanks in advance,

Steve (VK2ZSZ)