[OZAPRS] Something is wrong, this is a fixed location.

[Geoff Gatward]

I'd be questioning what these NETACTIVE and MAIL_FOR objects are, and
who is sending them.

The string on the end of the NETACTIVE beacon is a list of weather
warnings sent out by WXSVR-AU - but why whoever NETACTIVE is is picking
them up and spamming the APRS stream with rubbish is beyond me....

Looking back through the posts on this subject all teh bad packets
appear to be from some automatic system that is injecting stuff that is
completely irrellevant into the stream.

MAIL_FOR
NETACTIVE
STORE_FWD

APRS is not a BBS system - someone out there is trying to use it as
one....

Geoff  
VK2XJG/VK8GG


On Tue, 2011-03-08 at 01:11 +0000, Peter Wicklein wrote:
> Steve and all...
>  
> Yes I get the similar thing from aprs.fi using UIview as an Igate and
> viewing raw packets.. see below 
>  
> 2011-03-08 00:05:44 UTC:
> VK3TBN-10>APU25N,TCPIP*,qAC,T2AUST:;NETACTIVE*030814z3741.77S/14506.19EIASPFLW BKLFLW SEHGLE NECGLE WSCGLE E [Location changes too fast (>500 km/h)]
> 2011-03-08 00:08:40 UTC:
> VK3TBN-10>APU25N,TCPIP*,qAC,T2AUST:;MAIL_FOR *072356z3741.77S
> \14506.19E?No Messages
> 2011-03-08 00:15:17 UTC:
> VK3TBN-10>APU25N,TCPIP*,qAC,T2AUST:>281002z145.175 MHZ IGATE & DX Cluster Greensborough Melbourne
> 2011-03-08 00:15:30 UTC:
> VK3TBN-10>APU25N,TCPIP*,qAC,T2AUST:<IGATE,MSG_CNT=7,LOC_CNT=6
> 2011-03-08 00:20:29 UTC:
> VK3TBN-10>APU25N,TCPIP*,qAC,T2AUST:=IaS#/s0Bw&  B"?INFO" or ?SFINFO for S&F
> 2011-03-08 00:22:56 UTC:
> VK3TBN-10>APU25N,TCPIP*,qAC,T2AUST:=IaS#/s0Bw&  B"?INFO" or ?SFINFO for S&F
> 2011-03-08 00:25:35 UTC:
> VK3TBN-10>APU25N,TCPIP*,qAC,T2AUST:;MAIL_FOR *072356z3741.77S
> \14506.19E?No Messages [Location changes too fast (>500 km/h)]
> 2011-03-08 00:25:40 UTC:
> VK3TBN-10>APU25N,TCPIP*,qAC,T2AUST:;STORE&FWD*281003z3741.77S
> \14506.19E?Msg ?SFINFO to VK3TBN-10 for Help
> 2011-03-08 00:25:44 UTC:
> VK3TBN-10>APU25N,TCPIP*,qAC,T2AUST:;NETACTIVE*030814z3741.77S/14506.19EIASPFLW BKLFLW SEHGLE NECGLE WSCGLE E [Location changes too fast (>500 km/h)]
> 2011-03-08 00:39:39 UTC:
> VK3TBN-10>APU25N,TCPIP*,qAC,T2AUST:;MAIL_FOR *080027z3741.77S
> \14506.19E?No Messages [Location changes too fast (>500 km/h)]
> 2011-03-08 00:45:16 UTC:
> VK3TBN-10>APU25N,TCPIP*,qAC,T2AUST:>281002z145.175 MHZ IGATE & DX Cluster Greensborough Melbourne
> 2011-03-08 00:45:28 UTC:
> VK3TBN-10>APU25N,TCPIP*,qAC,T2AUST:<IGATE,MSG_CNT=7,LOC_CNT=5
> 2011-03-08 00:45:37 UTC:
> VK3TBN-10>APU25N,TCPIP*,qAC,T2AUST:;MAIL_FOR *080027z3741.77S
> \14506.19E?No Messages [Location changes too fast (>500 km/h)]
> 2011-03-08 00:45:43 UTC:
> VK3TBN-10>APU25N,TCPIP*,qAC,T2AUST:;STORE&FWD*281003z3741.77S
> \14506.19E?Msg ?SFINFO to VK3TBN-10 for Help
> 2011-03-08 00:45:45 UTC:
> VK3TBN-10>APU25N,TCPIP*,qAC,T2AUST:;NETACTIVE*030814z3741.77S/14506.19EIASPFLW BKLFLW SEHGLE NECGLE WSCGLE E
> 2011-03-08 00:50:30 UTC:
> VK3TBN-10>APU25N,TCPIP*,qAC,T2AUST:=IaS#/s0Bw&  B"?INFO" or ?SFINFO for S&F
>  
>  
> See the mail_for says its moving at 500KM in red .... same as
> netactive ... but the location is the same...
>  
> Regards
>  
> Peter
> 
>  
> > Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 10:59:04 +1100
> > From: steven at nami.com.au
> > To: ozaprs at aprs.net.au
> > Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] Something is wrong, this is a fixed location.
> > 
> > Refer to this blog entry from Hessu re timing problems on aprs.fi.
> > 
> > http://blog.aprs.fi/2008/03/on-duplicate-and-delayed-packets.html
> > 
> > Could this also be causing your problems?
> > 
> > Regards
> > Steven VK2BOS
> > 
> > 
> > On 08/03/11 08:41, Gordon Taylor wrote:
> > > Come on experts, I raised this a few days ago. What is going on, a
> fixed
> > > location exceeding 500kmh?????
> > >
> > > I drove to Brisbane and back yesterday (VK4VP-7) and had heaps of
> the
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