[OZAPRS] VK5 homepage (Norm McMillan)

Sam Wilson swilsonau at gmail.com
Fri Apr 24 16:05:07 AEST 2020


Not to descend too far off topic but as far as proving it's not just an AVL
tool I'm pretty keen to try and hook https://aprs.rfdata.org/wiki/Main_Page
to a spare D710 I got in the cupboard :)

Sam
VK2GPL

On Fri, 24 Apr 2020 at 15:11, Wade Smith <wade.vk1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> More than a car tracker. Thank goodness.  I really like the VK specific
> page because we and have things that are special. Such as a 40m Aprs set up
> - limited but it’s there and works.
>
> Also might be a chance to showcase some of the non tracking uses - WICEN
> repeater battery voltage telemetry, sending short emails via APRS messages
> etc etc.
>
> Wade
>
> VK1MIC
>
> On Fri, 24 Apr 2020 at 15:01, Jack Schultz <jack at contrillion.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I believe it is Damien VK2TD*G* actually hosting the site.
>>
>> It could indeed be a good time for a revamp, what with recent interest
>> from F calls (and others too) in APRS. Having an online presence can make a
>> difference in that prospective APRS operators can see there is some local
>> activity and find out a little bit more to hopefully take the plunge.
>>
>> In contrast, most commonly I hear on the air "jump on aprs.fi and look
>> at my car driving around" - so this could be a good way to introduce to
>> curious folk that it's a bit more than a vehicle tracker.
>>
>> I for one would be happy to take over the VK3 page and get some local
>> knowledge in there.
>>
>>
>> Regards
>> Jack VK3FJTS
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 4:11 PM Darryl Smith <darryl at radio-active.net.au>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi All
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I just host the domain – content is not really my thing. Not quite sure
>>> about the hosting at the moment. And I think I last posted to the list just
>>> over a month back talking about doing the Mt Bogon Conquestathon in VK3
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Darryl VK2TDS
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From: *ozaprs-bounces <ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au> on behalf of Scott
>>> Evans <vk7hse at gmail.com>
>>> *Reply to: *Australian APRS Users <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
>>> *Date: *Wednesday, 22 April 2020 at 4:08 pm
>>> *To: *Australian APRS Users <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
>>> *Subject: *Re: [OZAPRS] VK5 homepage (Norm McMillan)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Likewise I was responsible for the VK7 page and later the whole drupal6
>>> site that made up aprs.net.au. Back about 5 years ago the hosting was
>>> changed and a static HTML export was done to the drupal6 side as it became
>>> end of life as drupal7 and drupal8 were the new generation of cms.
>>>
>>> However likeswise the credentials that I had are no longer valid plus
>>> the ssh login for T2SYDNEY has been revoked so the last person I recall was
>>> dealing with the hosting was VK2TDS, but I haven't heard anything from him
>>> in the past few years.
>>>
>>> It's possibly a good time to revamp the site or do away with it
>>> altogether....
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Sent from Outlook Mobile <https://aka.ms/blhgte>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> *From:* OZAPRS <ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au> on behalf of Tony Hunt <
>>> wavetel at internode.on.net>
>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 22, 2020 1:15:07 PM
>>> *To:* ozaprs at aprs.net.au <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
>>> *Subject:* Re: [OZAPRS] VK5 homepage (Norm McMillan)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Norm.
>>>
>>> I used to look after this page for VK5 but I don't know what has
>>> happened to
>>> the hosting these days. I had FTP access but it no longer works. I think
>>> the
>>> whole domain was either shifted or is massivly changed since those days.
>>> From memory all these pages were subsiduries to www/aprs.net.au.
>>> The same Apache page shows up for the vk2 page I see .
>>>
>>>
>>> Tony VK5AH
>>>
>>>
>>> Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 08:53:21 +1000
>>> From: Norm McMillan <vk3xci at gmail.com>
>>> To: Australian APRS Users <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
>>> Subject: [OZAPRS] VK5 homepage
>>> Message-ID:
>>>         <CA+dgg9pHFsJRitqttv1WPYAQQGRX=e6oCEQdp6WmPfrKBvL=
>>> Rw at mail.gmail.com>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>>>
>>> The link http://vk5.aprs.net.au/ comes up with an Apache default page.
>>> Link
>>> is sent as a bulletin on VK5RSC-1
>>>
>>> norm vk3xci-10
>>> Mildura iGate custodian
>>>
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