[aprssig] Finding HF GATEs on FINDU

[Robert Bruninga]

>>> ben at ben.com 07/26/06 5:20 PM >>>
>Is there an easy way to identify all the HF GATEs?  
>I'm watching an APRS-IS feed filtered for /& 
>(described as "HF GATE") and \- ("HF home")
>only a fraction seem to be on HF.  

Those descriptions derived back from 1993 before we had Igates.
When IGates came out, we receommended that HF gates use an
"H" overlay (H&)  and Igates use an "I" overlay (I&).

Doing a FINDU search by symbol won't work because when you
put "&" into the CGI, it chokes.  Maybe steve can include
"ampersand" as a string to replace "&" when seraching
for GATES.  Then the URL would be:

http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/symbol.cgi?icon=/ampersand&limit=200
http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/symbol.cgi?icon=Hampersand&limit=200
http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/symbol.cgi?icon=Iampersand&limit=200

and the second one would show you all "H" gates and the third one
all "I" gates.

de Wb4APR, Bob