[OZAPRS] WXSVR-AU

[vk2hff at vk2hff.ampr.org]

Hi Pete,

I was receiving replies from WXSVR-AU last Friday via VK1RGI.
Not all igates are configured for messaging unfortunately.

- Josh VK2HFF

On 18/11/2020 5:55 pm, Peter Edrupt wrote:
> Thanks for your replies Jack VK3FJTS and Peter VK3AJ.
>
> Jack, that was my thinking on this. Hopefully Peter, you may find a
> solution to it. 
>
> It would be good to know if any others are receiving the WXSVR-AU
> reports via RF. As I mentioned, the WXBOT works, but is limited here
> in Oz to airport METARS.
>
> For me, this is just another interesting part of our hobby, but others
> might be interested in the WX service when they are out camping or the
> like.
>
> Thanks again & 7 3, de Pete VK3PYE / VK3YPE  
>
> On Wed, 18 Nov 2020 at 17:42, VK3AJ <vk3aj at chaplin.net.au
> <mailto:vk3aj at chaplin.net.au>> wrote:
>
>     Hi All,
>
>     I’m the custodian of the VK3RSA-1 iGate.
>     I haven’t intentionally blocked WXVSR-AU, or anything for that matter.
>     I’ll have a look and see if there is a setting that needs to be
>     set to permit such services.
>     I’m running a WX mini 3in1.
>
>     Regards,
>
>     Peter
>     VK3AJ
>
>     Sent from my iPad
>
>>     On 18 Nov 2020, at 17:02, Jack Schultz <jack at contrillion.com
>>     <mailto:jack at contrillion.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     
>>     G'day Pete,
>>
>>     Since the reply messages are being generated (as evidenced by
>>     aprs.fi <http://aprs.fi>) - it seems WXSVR-AU is functioning with
>>     no issues. From a quick lookup on that site I notice you're
>>     getting heard by VK3RSA-1, perhaps this iGate is configured to
>>     prevent TXing those particular messages?
>>
>>     Not very conclusive but I thought I'd chime in with my hypothesis.
>>
>>     Cheers Jack VK3FJTS
>>
>>     On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 4:38 PM Peter Edrupt <VK3PYE at gmail.com
>>     <mailto:VK3PYE at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         G'day everyone.
>>
>>         I'm new to this list and the APRS system in general.
>>
>>         Question if I may:
>>
>>         Does anyone know if there is a technical reason why I am not
>>         receiving back to my QTH, messages from WXSVR-AU ?  In other
>>         words, is there a problem with that service?
>>
>>         Explanation -- I have APRSIS32 setup on my Win 8.1 PC using
>>         Direwolf v1.6 via my 2M set.  I have been able to send RF
>>         messages to WXBOT and receive a reply back. Yesterday I sent
>>         out a "CQ" and got a reply from a US station. So I know that
>>         my system is working.  But when I send a message to the
>>         WXSVR-AU server, with a request like "today", I can see that
>>         a reply message was returned, by looking on aprs.fi
>>         <http://aprs.fi> in the messages section, but I have yet to
>>         receive a reply back via RF. I have tried WXSVR-AU for a
>>         couple of days now with no success.
>>
>>         My QTH station is VK3YPE-15 if anyone wants to send a "Gday".
>>         I will be playing with APRS for a few days to see how this goes.
>>
>>         Thanks & 7 3, de Pete VK3PYE / VK3YPE
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>>     -- 
>>
>>     Jack Schultz
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