[aprssig] how to contribute?

[Larry Cerney]

Dave,

Yes, Mark's suggestion is a good one.  

1.) Many of the APRS software packages available will perform the I-gate
function.  I am familiar with UI-View (my first choice) and APRS+SA (second
choice).  If you run Linux there are a couple of other options as will.
There are other Windows programs that do I-gating as well, WinAPRS and
APRSDos, but I'm not familiar with those programs.

2.) Yes, as the listen only I-gate connects to the APRS-IS server it really
doesn't matter what the machines IP address is.  Running on a DSL is great.
Depending on the filter you set up in your program and the amount of data
coming to you from the APRS-IS server, you will only see a small amount of
traffic on your DSL.  I run my I-gate with a filter of m/805 which brings
into my machine all the reports from 500 miles (805 km) around and it only
cost me about 2-3% of my bandwidth.  My I-gate runs 24/7 and the I-gate has
had zero effect on my other Internet use. 

Give it a try.  In certain area of the country we sure could use more
I-gates.

73...
Larry
K0ANI
Denver, CO I-gate

"The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once." 
--Albert Einstein 
-----Original Message-----
From: aprssig-bounces at lists.tapr.org [mailto:aprssig-bounces at lists.tapr.org]
On Behalf Of Dave Sparks
Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 10:43 PM
To: TAPR APRS Mailing List
Subject: Re: [aprssig] how to contribute?

> Suggestion from Mark Caviezel, NG0X:
> Consider running a 'listen only' i-gate.

I like that idea, and it brings two questions to mind:

1.) What software is needed/recommended to run a listen only i-gate?

2.) Can it be done on a DSL connection with a DYNAMIC IP address, or does it

require a STATIC one?

Dave Sparks, KD6PDZ



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