[aprssig] Ping the APRS-IS

[Matthew Asham/BCWNS]

On Thu, 2009-08-13 at 16:07 -0700, Tom Hayward wrote:
> > Is there any system or process to 'ping' the APRS-IS?    There are
> > some times when I'm running in an unconventional APRS environment and
> > it would be handy to know if I'm reaching the local igate or not?
> 
> If you have cell service, you could email aprs at tomh.us with your
> callsign as the message and it will reply with you last position,
> time, and status.
> 
> Maybe I should write an app to run on my Tier2 server and respond to
> any message addressed to PING...

FWIW VA7BCW-7 or "WIFIFRED" responds to the text message "ping".

'73 Matthew - VE7UDP