[OZAPRS] No recent positions on Googlemaps.

[Josh Mesilane]

I'm in the process of gathering the gear together to set up an IGate at my
QTH in Melbourne. I'm located in the outer south-western suburbs, and with
the antenna I'm planning on building (stacked J Pole) I should be able to
receive from Geelong to the CBD, and right up to Bacchus Marsh/Melton area.
I don't have APRS TX capability in the car (yet - waiting on a GPS) but
sitting at home at night at my QTH reveals MUCH more activity than the
current IGates are reporting.

I do have some questions for the more knowledgeable however.

I'm not planning on setting up an APRS-IS -> RF gateway (I don't wish to
put any additional traffic on to the network, the current digipeaters do a
good job of extending coverage, so re-transmitting data that's already
there seems pointless to me), however I do wish to announce the presence of
the gate to the network. What is the legality of this station running
unattended? Do I need to put in some sort of override switch to kill it if
it gets stuck in tx?

I would not consider this a home station (This will be a dedicated
computer, with a dedicated radio) so I presume I'll just use the -5 SSID?

Cheers,
Josh

On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 11:30 PM, Darkside <lenniethelemming at gmail.com>wrote:

> Whether or not you appear on sites like aprs.fi is all dependent on if
> your packet makes it into the APRS-IS network, via an IGate.
>
> If your packet's TTL runs out before it gets to an IGate, you won't appear
> on aprs.fi.
>
> - Mark VK5QI
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 10:27 PM, Ray & Bob <aprs at pilbara.com.au> wrote:
>
>> Hi Nic
>>
>> It all appears to be ok for my travels
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Ray
>> VK5RR
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>
>>>
>>>    *From:* Nic McLean <mailto:mcleannb at bigpond.com>
>>>    *To:* ozaprs at aprs.net.au <mailto:ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
>>>    *Sent:* Thursday, February 16, 2012 7:46 PM
>>>    *Subject:* [OZAPRS] No recent positions on Googlemaps.
>>>
>>>
>>>    Hi,
>>>
>>>    Does anyone on the list know why aprs positions aren’t making it
>>>    from RF to googlemaps?
>>>
>>>    Best 73’s
>>>
>>>    Nic
>>>
>>>    VK5ZAT
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Josh
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0416 039 082
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