[aprssig] Xastir Internet->RF configuration

[Ray Wells]

Greg,

I can't advise on the path but don't forget you'll need entries in 
/home/.../.xastir/data/nws-stations.txt, essentially an entry for each 
station you want to gate to RF. The first three characters will suffice 
for any callsign containing those characters - vk2 would cover ALL vk2 
callsigns, for example.Here's my file entries ...

#a few local callsigns
vk2tv
vk2wet
vk2aak
vk2sx
vk2uni
#the satellites
ISS
AO-
CO-
DO-
FO-
GO-
IO-
LO-
NO-
PO-
SO-
UO-
VO-
RS-
COMPASS
CAPE
GeneSat
ARISS
#regional weather warnings
MNC
NTL
NTR
#local automatic weather stations
ALDAVILLA
PORTMAC
TAREE

You need to select Allow RF->Inet and Inet->RF in Config/Defaults, as 
well as for the RF port configs.

Back when we were running a "quiet" local frequency I enabled ALL vk and 
zl traffic for a trial, and the transmitter hardly ever stopped 
transmitting. It was an interesting expreriment in warming the shack 
:-)  I'm sure you would see even more traffic than I did.

Hope that helps.

Greg D. wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I have a low-level RF->internet APRS gateway set up in the shack.  I'd 
> like to enable the Internet->RF side, and would like some guidance for 
> the correct settings.  I'm currently running Xastir 1.8.4 (yes, it's 
> old) on an old SuSE 10.0 Linux box, connected to an MFJ-1278T TNC and 
> an Alinco DJ-580 HT (5 watts Tx power available).
>
> It's low level because the antenna is simply a twin-lead J-pole 
> hanging on the wall (about 10' above ground level, at the top), and 
> our house is in a bit of a hole, being by a creek.  Initially I set it 
> up just to receive APRS information from RF and display what was going 
> on in the area, weather reports, etc.  Then when we got an always-on 
> internet connection, I enabled the RF->internet gateway.
>
> Recently I've been contacted a few times by folks for whom I Igated 
> their APRS signal into the internet.  Low-level or not, it's providing 
> a service.  One person noted that I appeared to have the transmit side 
> disabled; he was trying to do some bi-directional messaging, and 
> wasn't having any success.  I'd kind of like to try that too, so I 
> need to turn on the Transmit side.
>
> On the Xastir interface control properties page, I see the button to 
> allow transmitting, and the RF->Inet and Inet->RF button.  Currently I 
> have Transmit disabled, and the RF->Inet only button selected.  Path 1 
> is set to APX184 via WIDE1-1; paths 2 and 3 are blank.
>
> Obviously I need to enable Transmit, and the Inet->RF buttons.  But, 
> what do I put for the Igate -> RF path?
>
> Are there any other settings I should be aware of before enabling 
> Transmit?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Greg  KO6TH
>
>
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