[OZAPRS] Igate

[Ray Wells]

Thanks Carl,

I see the nws file as an advantage rather than a disadvantage. I guess 
it's a case of to each his own.

Thank you for your comments.

Regards,
Ray vk2tv

On 09/07/11 19:55, Carl Makin wrote:
> Hi Ray,
>
> On 09/07/2011, at 7:20 PM, Ray Wells wrote:
>
>> Why do you say xastir is not the best way? If a a map display is not required I could be inclined to agree with you but otherwise I cannot. Xastir works just fine as an Igate, supporting multiple port and, it is actively supported. I'm curious to know why you tink the way you do.
>
> The IGating features in Xastir are reasonably basic and not the primary focus of the program.  I'm a fan of Xastir but if you want to run a full time Igate then one of the dedicated apps would be more reliable and more configurable.
>
> If you want to just run as a backup or as a part time gate then Xastir would be fine.  The only limitation with Xastir (which I think is actually a feature) is by default it will only gate APRS messages and ack/nak's to RF.  To do anything else you have to fiddle with the nws-stations.txt file
>
> Carl.
> (vk1kcm)
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