[aprssig] Newbie APRS object question

Curt, WE7U archer at eskimo.com
Thu May 21 22:44:12 EDT 2009


On Thu, 21 May 2009, Rick Green wrote:

>  It would also be wise to contact the repeater trustee first.  In some 
> areas, repeaters have been vandalized when their exact location becomes 
> known, so it may be wise to encode the object with some position ambiguity.

Security through obscurity...  Doesn't work for software either.  hi
hi

Good advice though, as some repeater owners "feel" safer if the
exact location isn't known.  Not that it's hard to find such.

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