[OZAPRS] VK3MY-4 Invalid Mesage packets
Jack Chomley
radio at irock.com.au
Sat Oct 24 10:44:30 EST 2009
At 09:23 AM 10/24/2009, Tony wrote:
>I was just browsing around as I am still playing on HF with the TNC320 .
>Now with APRSd .
>
>Noticed this info via APRS.fi
>http://aprs.fi/?c=raw&call=VK3my-4
>
>Has anyone else seen this ? 3MY-4 is probably banging out these Bulletin
>frames but has anyone actually seen these on a client like UiView or
>xastir ? I have not seen these via HF so far ..
>
>Not sure whats wrong with the frame but perhaps the 2x Colons is the
>culprit ?
>I somehow remember these Bulletin frames but its been a long time since
>actually noticing them.
>
>I also see lots of objects at times on HF which really is poor practice
>? Why do we need so many frames containing information on HF when most
>of the stations actually decoding them are the Gateways ? It just steals
>air time from the Trackers !!
>
>I am not going to name callsigns but its just an observation and a
>polite reminder .
>
>
>Tony VK5AH
Tony,
I simply announce that I am motorcycle mobile, I send my frames
compressed so as not to take up to much air time. I would hope its
not a problem... ;-)
73 Jack VK4JRC-15
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