[aprssig] Gating Objects from Internet to RF

[Steve Dimse]

I would much prefer you use your own callsign as the originating  
station for the packets, rather than sending a packet that appears to  
come from another ham. There is nothing illegal in the way you are  
doing it because you are send on the internet, but it might make some  
of those hams uncomfortable to be listed as originating station for  
packets they never heard of. I care because when a ham Googles their  
call and finds "bootleg" packets appearing on findU I'm the guy that  
gets their angry emails. That is why I hate the DX cluster to APRS  
gateways, they generate a lot of extra work for me.

Steve K4HG

On Jul 22, 2009, at 8:30 AM, Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr) wrote:

> Pete,  (cc: aprssig for format comments also)...
>
> Here's a few samples of the packets I'm formatting.  Is the node  
> number embedded in the EL-123456 object name sufficient or should it  
> also appear in plain text in the comment?  I am still planning to  
> use the node's callsign as the FromCall and put my callsign in as  
> the first (used) path.  APRS-IS will insert the qXX with my gating  
> callsign as well.  Or should I put my call as the FromCall and  
> remove it from the used path?  I'm not actually mastering the data  
> but passing it through from an external source ultimately mastered  
> at the node itself.
>
> DB0UD 
> > 
> APRSIS 
> ,KJ4ERJ*:;EL-255256*211554z5125.53NE00604.37E0PHG0000438.700MHz T000  
> On   DB0UD-R [offline]
> DB0ULM 
> > 
> APRSIS 
> ,KJ4ERJ*:;EL-355053*221202z4825.10NE00956.80E0PHG2140430.025MHz T100  
> On   DB0ULM-L 89081 Ulm 430.025 Mhz
> DB0VE 
> > 
> APRSIS 
> ,KJ4ERJ*:;EL-335868*221209z5011.00NE00852.00E0PHG4000438.700MHz T000  
> On   DB0VE-R Schoeneck nr Frankfurt
> DB0WOS 
> > 
> APRSIS 
> ,KJ4ERJ*:;EL-282098*211850z4848.00NE01332.00E0PHG2850439.400MHz T000  
> On   DB0WOS-R [offline]
> DB0XG 
> > 
> APRSIS 
> ,KJ4ERJ*:;EL-230093*221206z4901.11NE01119.49E0PHG2760145.775MHz T000  
> On   DB0XG-R Greding 145.775 MHz
>
> I'm also thinking about removing the redundant frequency spec from  
> the comment text to shorten the packets, but I really wanted to keep  
> the location description as created by the node itself.
>
> I just ran these through my own APRS parser and they failed, but I  
> can resolve that.  Do I need a space between PHG and the Frequency?   
> It seems that since I'm using a 4 digit PHG, I'll need something for  
> the parsers to know where it ends and the Frequency begins.
>
> Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ
>
> Pete Loveall AE5PL Lists wrote:
>> Hi Lynn,
>>
>> Yes, javAPRSIGate can gate to RF based on object prefix.  This was  
>> done specifically to promote gating of Echolink, IRLP, etc. objects  
>> to RF.  The EL- format was used in the past for Echolink stations  
>> and I recommend keeping it to that prior agreement.  The only  
>> objects generated should be for links and repeaters and should  
>> include the node number in the comment (since RF-based stations  
>> must use the node number to connect).
>>
>> Thanks for bringing this to our group for input.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Pete Loveall AE5PL
>> pete at ae5pl dot net
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr)
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 6:53 AM
>>
>> Is it possible in your respective software to configure an object  
>> ID (say EL-123456) to gate from Internet to RF?  Or is such gating  
>> configured only for selected SourceCalls?
>>
>> I need to know soonest as I'm just finishing up the script that  
>> will be generating these objects based on real-time XML data from http://www.echolink.org/node_location.xml 
>> .
>>
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