[aprssig] FD ANSRVR Group

[Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr)]

You can read about APRSISCE/32's Announcement groups at 
http://aprsisce.wikidot.com/announcements  But don't be concerned, 
ANSRVR works with anything that can send and receive APRS messages.  It 
is not specific nor restricted to APRSISCE/32.

The bottom of that page enumerates the differences between CQSRVR and 
ANSRVR as:

> ANSRVR is like CQSRVR except for the following:
>
> Currently no minimum time between submissions to the group. This is in 
> keeping with the "Announcement" intended use.
> Ability to monitor a group without sending periodic messages to everyone.
> Directly supported in APRSISCE/32! (although CQSRVR is just as supported)
>

These two difference make ANSRVR particularly suited for distributing 
announcements (hence the name) to an interested group of subscribers.  
Subscribers can "lurk" by keeping their interest alive without sending 
messages and Announcers can send multiple messages back-to-back to 
communicate more than the "CQ" contact call intention behind CQSRVR.

Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE for Windows Mobile and Win32


On 6/24/2011 8:51 PM, Steve Noskowicz wrote:
> Is there something that explains the differences?
>