[aprssig] APRS on Android

[Stephen H. Smith]

On 1/24/2011 1:25 PM, Eric Lorenz K9LGE wrote:
> Thanks Lynn...that is what I was trying to say. In addition to that...for 
> other mobile users...doesn't do much good to put contact freq, etc. into my 
> beacon if they aren't going to see it. Can reverse gating be done with 
> filters, rules, etc. to only gate certain traffic as to not overload the 
> bandwidth?
>
> Thanks,
> Eric K9LGE
>
>

It can, but only per-igate.   It's up to the operator of each individual igate 
to whitelist specified callsigns for IS-to-RF gating, assuming their igate 
software even supports reverse gating.  There is no way to send a global 
command over the IS to all igates saying "Gate me to RF!".

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