[OZAPRS] VK3WRM - iGate / Messaging

[Norm McMillan]

Matty,

I'm the Mildura iGate-keeper. I took it over from Ron VK3ECV. It's a
Raspberry pi/xastir, TNC2 and FM828 on a bookshelf in my shack. Off-air
link to/from VK2RBX. I must confess it justs sits there... I seldom look at
it. When I get some time I'll check if I have something mis-set in xastir,
like internet to rf. In fact, i'm pretty sure I have that disabled. Right
now I don't have a lot of time so if somebody can tell me what to look for
I'll fix it.

norm  vk3xci

On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 11:34 AM, Mathew McKernan <mathew at mmckernan.id.au>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
>
> Not sure who the operator of the Mildura iGate VK3WRM but I think I may
> have found a problem with messaging via it. I am using VHF rather than
> APRS-IS as occasionally there is no phone reception.
>
>
> I've been on a houseboat for the past week beaconing away as we float up
> the Murray (side note, awesome country!).
>
>
> I've had a friend in NSW that I was messaging. The messages I send make it
> to him, but any replies or ACK messages do not make it back to me.
>
>
> At a guess, I think the iGate isn't caching who it has gated into the IS
> network and therefore it isn't transmitting anything back out to the VHF
> network. It does beacon itself on VHF as normal, so I can fairly certain it
> isn't a Receive only gate.
>
>
> Any ideas or am I missing some understanding of how this is meant to work?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Matty
>
> VK3MJM
>
>
>
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