[OZAPRS] WXSVR-AU

[vk2hff at vk2hff.ampr.org]

It's not just the RX-only igates, plenty of two-way igates don't pass
messages to RF either unfortunately.
And I don't think there's currently any 40m igates in VK that have
messaging enabled, which significantly reduces the usefulness of HF APRS
for remote traveling.
 
- Josh VK2HFF

On 18/11/2020 6:14 pm, Wade Smith wrote:
>
> 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
> <mailto: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
>>     <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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