[OZAPRS] WXSVR-AU

Wade Smith wade.vk1 at gmail.com
Wed Nov 18 18:14:51 AEDT 2020


The pitfalls of one way igates - a scourge on the messaging aprs users.



On Wed, 18 Nov 2020 at 18:04, <vk2hff at vk2hff.ampr.org> wrote:

> 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> 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> wrote:
>>
>> 
>> G'day Pete,
>>
>> Since the reply messages are being generated (as evidenced by 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> 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 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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>>
>>
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>>
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