[aprssig] AutoResponders talking to AutoResponders
Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr)
ldeffenb at homeside.to
Sat Oct 15 19:22:38 EDT 2011
To all APRS users:
If you're going to send a message to an Auto-Responder service like
CQSRVR, ANSRVR, EMAIL, EMAIL-2, WHO-IS, or the new satellite pass
prediction server, please, please PLEASE make sure you turn off your
auto-answer! Unless you have an intelligent auto-answer (like
APRSISCE/32) that operates on a time delay and operator activity
detector, what ends up happening is the response from the query triggers
an auto-answer from your radio or software which triggers another (most
of the time error) response response from the original service. What
should have been a 1+1 round-trip message, becomes a 1+1+1+1 with all of
the attendant acks as well.
This has been a common courtesy request from:
Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE for Windows Mobile and Win32
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