[aprssig] smart IGates

[Andre v Schaijk]

if your igate is configured correctly you will never transmit any non 
ham aprs packet on rf.
All Andrew needs to do is give it a fictional call that is not used on 
aprs and set the aprs-is password to -1, this will mark his packets as 
being unverified and therefor will never be transmitted out to RF.
There are already a lot of aprs frames on the IS that are non ham like 
the CW weather reports.

73 Andre PE1RDW

Op 23-6-2011 13:25, Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr) schreef:
> You shouldn't IMHO.  Even though the APRS-IS isn't regulated by the 
> FCC, those of us that run properly configured IGates (read: 
> bi-directional) are trusting that ALL sources into the APRS-IS is 
> coming from licensed amateurs.  Without that assurance, more IGates 
> will be de-commissioned and/or transmitters disabled seriously 
> crippling the global messaging feature of APRS-IS.
>
> A technician's license isn't that hard to qualify for, and with it 
> comes the identifiable responsibility that the APRS feeds need to have.
>
> Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE for Windows Mobile and Win32
>
> On 6/22/2011 2:53 AM, Andrew Elwell wrote:
>> on a related Q -- if I want to put an RF->IS (only) igate as a fill
>> in, but don't have a ham licence, how should I name the igate? (since
>> AFAICT they need a callsign)
>>
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