[OZAPRS] Temporary IGate for JOTA question.

[Ray Wells]

Steve,

If you want to feed other stations from aprs-is to RF you need to create 
entries in /home/   /.xastri/data/nws-stations.txt. Be aware that 
depending on your internet server port, and the callsigns you choose to 
broadcast, you could have lots of traffic. Here's my file. The first 
three characters will produce a wildcard for those characters - vk2 will 
display all vk2 stations, e.g. You can see that I include all space 
objects plus local weather stations.
145.175 is very quiet around here so I can get away with so many, not 
that they create a lot of traffic.

vk2tv
vk2wet
vk2sx
vk2uni
ISS
AO-
CO-
DO-
FO-
GO-
IO-
LO-
NO-
PO-
SO-
UO-
VO-
RS-
COMPASS
CAPE
GeneSat
ARISS
MNC
NTL
NTR
ALDAVILLA
PORTMAC
TAREE
COFFS
ARMIDALE
TAMWORTH
VK2XVW


Ray vk2tv

stevez at tpg.com.au wrote:
> Damian - you're a champ. I'll go and work out how Xastir can generate it
> for me.
>
> FYI, the question about RF Vs APRS-IS came from this sentence :-
> "Using a validation number of -1 forces an UNVERIFIED connection, and
> whilst you will SEE all the data available in the APRS-IS, any data sent
> by your client will NEVER be transmitted onto RF."
>
> Which is on http://vk2.aprs.net.au/aprs-is.php.
>
> That page is well written overall, and I was pretty sure it meant that I
> wouldn't get even as far as APRS-IS, but I thought I'd ask just in case.
>
> Thanks again!
>
> Steve.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 13th, 2009 at 9:22 PM, Damien Gardner Jnr
> <rendrag at rendrag.net> wrote:
>
>   
>> Hey Steve,
>>
>> Yes, you'll need a verification number.. Though I'm not sure what it 
>>
>> has to do with RF - it's just required by the APRS-IS servers..   
>> Unless Xastir is trying to be smart and making sure you go to the  
>> effort of generating the code before it'll posit anywhere?  Anyhoo,
>> if  
>> you read the xastir docs, it should tell you how to generate it.. :) 
>>
>> The aprsd package includes an aprspass utility that calculates it for
>>  
>> you..  If you can't find it, give me a yell, and I'll shoot you back 
>>
>> the number :)
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Damien
>>
>> Damien Gardner Jnr
>> VK2TDG. Dip EE. GradIEAust
>> rendrag at rendrag.net -  http://www.rendrag.net/
>> --
>> We rode on the winds of the rising storm,
>>   We ran to the sounds of thunder.
>> We danced among the lightning bolts,
>>   and tore the world asunder
>>
>> On 13/10/2009, at 8:48 PM, Steve wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> 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)
>>>
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>>     
>
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