[OZAPRS] New Proposed APRS Digi for Adelaide - ideas?

[Mark Jessop]

Something to note is that this site has no internet connection available,
and setting one up is out of scope at the moment. So no remote admin
ability.

Glen: how do you find the stability of your direwolf based Digi systems? Do
you do anything special to make them more reliable?

I do have a UDRC 2 Pi shield I'd be willing to donate to the cause. Though
in the interests of expediency maybe the Tiny 2 should go in first ( since
Grant is familiar with them) and be replaced later?

73
Mark VK5QI

On Tue., 24 Jul. 2018, 09:45 Glen English VK1XX, <
glenlist at pacificmedia.com.au> wrote:

> Direwolf, in my opinion is the only option on the table . It has an
> excellent modem and it is HEAVILY featured,
>
> and even better if you understand regular expressions to write fancy
> content filters and routers (like to deal with not repeating traffic
> from a specific location, area, conent, callsign anything...).
>
> It is an least an order of magnitude more capable than ANYTHING out there
>
> it is sooooo far ahead of anythign else, everything else is just
> irrelevant.
>
>
>
> On 24/07/2018 6:37 AM, Grant Willis wrote:
> >
> > Folks,
> >
> > It has long been an idea of mine to see a high site digipeater on the
> > top of the Adelaide Hills around Mt Lofty / Crafers / Summertown to
> > provide broad area metro RF coverage. Adelaide has many I-Gates but
> > the one RF digi we have for the Adelaide plains isn’t well sited for
> > that role (VK5RHO) and coverage in the Western and inner SW/SE suburbs
> > has been poor since VK5TTY lost it’s site a few years ago.
> >
> > An opportunity has now arisen to install a machine at the long time
> > licensed but never activated (on APRS) VK5RSB site at Summertown using
> > the VHF antennas that have now been installed for the temporary VK5RAD
> > 2m repeater (while it’s tower was being refurbished).
> >
> > Thanks to Glen 1XX I have obtained a TAIT radio. I have also dug out
> > of the old SAPUG stores the Tiny-2 TNC that used to run the VK5RAD
> > ROSE node which has a DCD State Machine built in (allowing open mute
> > operation).
> >
> > However, before I glue the hardware together in a case, I would like
> > some suggestions please on the following:
> >
> > 1)If I stick with the Tiny-2 TNC what EPROM software do people suggest
> > is best for APRS these days? (version, download source etc please?)
> >
> > 2)If I don’t stick with the Tiny-2 (depends on how serviceable it is)
> > what alternatives do people suggest for the digital side that are
> > bulletproof and fit the KISS principle?
> >
> > The site will be a plain WIDE2-2 digipeater – no internet connectivity.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Grant VK5GR
> >
> >
> >
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