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Today's Topics:
1. Re: APRS -- Chicago to Mackinac Island sailboat race (WB4GQK_at_aol.com)
2. Re: D700 vs Prius (TGatje_at_aol.com)
3. Re: Two More Tier 2 Servers for your use! (Jack Chomley)
4. RE: Two More Tier 2 Servers for your use! (Stan - N0YXV)
5. Re: APRS -- Chicago to Mackinac Island sailboat race (Bill Borgstrom)
6. RE: Two More Tier 2 Servers for your use! (Bob Bruninga )
7. Re: APRS -- Chicago to Mackinac Island sailboat race (Bill Borgstrom)
8. [Fwd: Re: [Fwd: [aprssig] D700 vs Prius]] (Randy Allen)
9. RE: APRS -- Chicago to Mackinac Island sailboat race (AE5PL Lists)
10. Re: Log File Format (M J)
11. Re: Log File Format (Mark Earle)
12. RE: Log File Format (Robert Bruninga)
13. APRS <> Aloha/CAMEO (Danny Messano)
14. RE: Dumb FindU question (kb2scs_at_optonline.net)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 16:33:52 EDT
From: WB4GQK_at_aol.com
Subject: Re: [aprssig] APRS -- Chicago to Mackinac Island sailboat race
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 16:40:10 EDT
From: TGatje_at_aol.com
Subject: [aprssig] Re: D700 vs Prius
Okay, so "Drive by Wire" may have been a bit of an exaggeration -- Only the
throttle system is totally computer controlled (just try to rev the engine
in neutral). I'm looking for a job in their PR department ;)
But thanks to those people who replied with helpful suggestions both on and
off list. I'm working toward a "nice, neat, interference free" installation
solution.
Tam
AA0LY
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 07:01:33 +1000
From: Jack Chomley <radio_at_dodo.com.au>
Subject: Re: [aprssig] Two More Tier 2 Servers for your use!
Alright, when it comes to APRS infrastructure....I know nothing. What, is a
Tier 2 server? I go and have a look at the links and simply see a whole
stack of statistics and thats it! No support pages, no "how it works"
pages. At least at findu.com I can find "myself" :-)
73's Jack VK4JRC-15 HF APRS Motorcycle mobile
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 21:05:22 -0500
From: "Stan - N0YXV" <n0yxv_at_gihams.org>
Subject: RE: [aprssig] Two More Tier 2 Servers for your use!
The Tier2 Network is nothing more than a way to relieve some of the load
off of the Tier1 Servers. While there has been great debate over the pros
and cons of such a system (Tier2) it remains simply a CHOICE for APRS
operators.
You can connect to one of the Tier1 servers, such as
http://first.aprs.net:14501/ (Stats page) or http://first.aprs.net:14580
(Filter Port that you can attach your APRS program to). For a better
understanding of "Filter Ports" you can refer to
http://www.aprs-is.net/javAPRSSrvr/javaprsfilter.htm.
Or you can take some of the load off of the handful of Tier1 servers and
connect to one of the 38 Tier2 Servers such as
http://nebraska.aprs2.net:14501/ (Stats Page) or
http://nebraska.aprs2.net:14580 (filter port that you can attach your APRS
program to). There is even a "Round Robin" (mostly random choice) of one of
the Tier2 servers by connecting to http://rotate.aprs2.net:14580.
Tier2 servers are most certainly NOT a replacement for Tier1 servers they
are only a CHOICE that APRS operators can pick from. Tier2 servers have a
direct connection to Tier1 servers so they all have the same data available.
If you agree that spreading out the APRS load over many servers instead of a
handful is a good idea then connect to a Tier2 server. If you think having
only a handful of servers is the best route to go then connect to a Tier1
server. Sometimes having a CHOICE isn't a bad thing.
In ANY case I highly recommend that you have more than one server for your
APRS program to attach to. I've seen cases where an ISP lost a lot of their
direct connectivity to the West but kept a connection to the East. While
that shouldn't be enough of a drop in the ISP's bandwidth to kick you off an
APRS server, Murphy is always waiting in the wings.
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 21:13:44 -0700 (PDT)
From: Bill Borgstrom <bill_borgstrom_at_yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [aprssig] APRS -- Chicago to Mackinac Island sailboat race
Hi Chris
We are just doing the Chi. Mac. race this year. The boat is not mine and I
won't be putting ham gear on it. I want to write code that will receive
emails with the boat's position. Then form APRS packets and send the
packets to APRServe.
I've operated ham radio from boats in the past. It's great fun but the Mac
race is too intense and we're very competive. I'll be a helmsman and a
trimmer.
73 Bill N9TN
>Chris Rose <kb8uih_at_sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>HI,
>Did we converse in the past like last year about the mini form factor
>layout of your computer and the automatic nav system? We may have covered
>this before. It sounds very familiar. You advised me on the computer and
>sources for getting parts to build one like it.
>
>If not, someone else has something very similar to you in their boat.
>
>What I was refering to is the Kenwood rigs that don't have to have any hand
>holding to operate. I didnt' know or remember from our previous contact
>that you were running APRS over HF. I made an assumption that you were
>running VHF and I was thinking that you were putting much more into this
>than you needed to. I just let my D700 or THD7 take GPS data and let them
>run automatically over VHF. Apparently you have made very detailed plans.
>I didn't mean to make your adventure any more troublesome than it already
>may be.
>
>If I can ask one question that you already may have stated in your first
>post, what are the dates for the Lake races and are you going to make both
>Chicago to Mack and then the other from Mack to Port Huron(or is it the
>other way around)?
>
>Thanks,
>Chris
>Midland, MI
>KB8UIH
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:15:35 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Bob Bruninga " <bruninga_at_usna.edu>
Subject: RE: [aprssig] Two More Tier 2 Servers for your use!
>While there has been great debate over the pros and
>cons of [tier1 and tier2 systems] it remains simply
>a CHOICE for APRS operators.
>
>Sometimes having a CHOICE isn't a bad thing.
And dont forget the third choice which is to CONNECT A RADIO!
Operate APRS the way it was intended. A local real-time tactical RF
network informing everyone in the local area about everything going on in
Ham radio live and now, right outside your shack...
If nothing is going on, then do something in Ham radio. APRS is not an end
in itself. It is just a single common signalling channel anywhere and
everywhere to share HAM radio in real time so that everyone is informed on
a single channel of anything that might be happening (all around on any
other freq, or band or what-have-you).
If you are doing something in ham radio that anyone else might be
interested in, put it out on APRS. An object, A bulletin, A location, A
freq, an area, a heading, a bearing, a meeting, a net, some DX, some news,
etc... APRS was never just a vehicle tracking system. Its too bad that is
all most people see...
Is it because no one is doing anything else in Ham radio? No, its because
we arent remembering to use this common channel to inform others of
everything going on.. We can do better. And I DONT mean 24/7 bulletins
and 24/7 objects and 24/7 SPAM spread far beyond the local area.
Dont miss the local trees in your RF domain because of the global APRS
forest...
Sorry, I ramble...
Stump-off
Bob, WB4APR
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Message: 7
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 21:41:27 -0700 (PDT)
From: Bill Borgstrom <bill_borgstrom_at_yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [aprssig] APRS -- Chicago to Mackinac Island sailboat race
Steve
I was able to download and compile validation.c
The following is my first attempt at a logon string. Is this correct?
================== logon string =================================
user N9TN pass 27029 vers "custom program"
=============================================================
The following is my attempt to form a TCP packet. Is this correct? I find
the tricky part is the addressing.
================== raw packet ==================================
N9TN-9>TCPxx*,qAX,CORE-2:@092345/4349.13N/08653.55WY306/015Cheap'n'Deep sec 6
Chicago Mac race
=============================================================
Does the above raw packet need to be wrapped in a AX.25 packet? My guess
is that it doesn't. How do I logon and send this packet to APRServe?
Again thanks for your help
73 Bill N9TN
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Message: 8
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 06:24:51 -0400
From: Randy Allen <ka0azs_at_earthlink.net>
Subject: [Fwd: Re: [Fwd: [aprssig] D700 vs Prius]]
Subject: Re: [Fwd: [aprssig] D700 vs Prius]
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 16:42:18 -0400
From: Hugh Buie <hbuie_at_earthlink.net>
References: <460B01A8.9040909_at_earthlink.net>
I'm not a member, so please forward.
I have installed a D700 in my 05 Prius. I don't leave it on when
I'm not in the vehicle, unless I'm using it with my ht as a cross-
band repeater, and then I use low power on it on both bands. I've
had no problems and it is working just fine.
WD8MCH
On Mar 28, 2007, at 8:00 PM, Randy Allen wrote:
>Hugh
>
>Got any words of wisdom for this guy? If you're not a member of
>the sig you may have to send any repsone to me and have me
>forward it.
>
>73
--
Randy Allen, KAĜAZS
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