[aprssig] K6AEP-1 flaking out? or maybe KO6TH?

Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr) ldeffenb at homeside.to
Thu May 17 01:53:10 EDT 2012


You can go ahead and turn your IGate back on.  I think I just figured 
out what's happening!  Those packets are something trying to use 
Konverse mode to command a TNC, but the TNC is just transmitting the 
commands as the payload of a packet.  Consider:

> 2012-05-17 04:45:42 UTC: *K6AEP-1 
> <http://aprs.fi/?c=raw&limit=&call=K6AEP-1>*>APX201,W6CX-3* 
> <http://aprs.fi/?c=raw&limit=&call=W6CX-3>,qAR,W6YX-5 
> <http://aprs.fi/?c=raw&limit=&call=W6YX-5>:K *[Unsupported packet format]*
>    srccallsign: K6AEP-1
>    dstcallsign: APX201
>
> 2012-05-17 04:45:42 UTC: *K6AEP-1 
> <http://aprs.fi/?c=raw&limit=&call=K6AEP-1>*>APX201,K6FGA-1* 
> <http://aprs.fi/?c=raw&limit=&call=K6FGA-1>,WIDE2-1,qAo,KO6TH 
> <http://aprs.fi/?c=raw&limit=&call=KO6TH>:u SXUQXT v WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1 
> *[Unsupported packet format]*
>    srccallsign: K6AEP-1
>    dstcallsign: APX201
>
> 2012-05-17 04:45:45 UTC: *K6AEP-1 
> <http://aprs.fi/?c=raw&limit=&call=K6AEP-1>*>APX201,W6CX-3* 
> <http://aprs.fi/?c=raw&limit=&call=W6CX-3>,qAR,WA6TS-1 
> <http://aprs.fi/?c=raw&limit=&call=WA6TS-1>:'1,pl <0x1c>-/]= 
> *[Location changes too fast (>500 km/h)]*

The first packet is "K" to put the TNC into Converse mode.

The second packet is the command to set the Unproto to SXUQXT (probably 
1/2 of the Mic-E coordinates) Via WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1.

The third packet is the other 1/2 of the Mic-E coordinate which is why 
APRS.FI complains about it.  The first half has been replaced by APX201.

It's definitely coming from the source and not being mucked about by 
anything in between, IMHO.  It's just a waste of good RF bandwidth until 
he gets it fixed!

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

On 5/17/2012 1:35 AM, Greg Dolkas wrote:
> Ok, the radio is off.  Let me know when to re-enable.
>
> Greg  KO6TH
>
>
> On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 10:33 PM, Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr) 
> <ldeffenb at homeside.to <mailto:ldeffenb at homeside.to>> wrote:
>
>     Negative.  Given that the strange packets repeat in a strange
>     pattern and are entering the APRS-IS via different IGates and RF
>     paths, I more suspect it's actually coming over the air from his
>     station.  I just sent an e-mail to his QRZ.com address.
>
>     Actually, if you take your IGate down for a while, we can see if
>     other IGates consistently gate the same stuff which would leave
>     your station completely off the hook and point even more
>     positively to a problem at the source.
>
>     Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE for Windows Mobile and Win32
>
>     On 5/17/2012 1:29 AM, Greg Dolkas wrote:
>>     It's an MFJ-1278T, operating in KISS mode.  No clue about
>>     passall, but I can check (I think...).  I will need to shut down
>>     APRSIS/32 to do that.  Is there anything I need to gather before
>>     doing so?
>>
>>     Greg  KO6TH
>>
>>
>>     On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 10:20 PM, Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr)
>>     <ldeffenb at homeside.to <mailto:ldeffenb at homeside.to>> wrote:
>>
>>         What is your TNC?  And if it has a PASSALL-type mode, please
>>         make sure it is turned OFF!
>>
>>         Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE for Windows Mobile and
>>         Win32
>>
>>         On 5/17/2012 1:07 AM, Greg D wrote:
>>
>>             Hi Lynn,
>>
>>             Um, I don't know. He does seem to be moving a bit fast,
>>             though he's not going anywhere. It's your software
>>             running; you tell me... :-)
>>
>>             Is there anything I can gather for you by way of logs or
>>             a screen capture??
>>
>>             Greg KO6TH
>>
>>
>>             Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr) wrote:
>>
>>                 Any guess what's going on with this station? From
>>                 http://aprs.fi/?c=raw&call=K6AEP-1&limit=25&view=normal
>>                 <http://aprs.fi/?c=raw&call=K6AEP-1&limit=25&view=normal>:
>>
>>                 2012-05-17 02:03:39 UTC:
>>                 K6AEP-1>APX201,ECHO*,WIDE2-1,qAR,KJ6NKR-2:=3851.84N\12116.89WhClay
>>                 Lincoln-Hills CA TM-D710
>>                 2012-05-17 02:05:26 UTC:
>>                 K6AEP-1>APX201,K6FGA-1*,WIDE2-1,qAo,KO6TH:u SXUQXT v
>>                 WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1 [Unsupported packet format]
>>                 2012-05-17 02:05:26 UTC:
>>                 K6AEP-1>APX201,K6FGA-1*,WIDE2-1,qAo,KO6TH:K
>>                 [Unsupported packet format]
>>                 2012-05-17 02:05:29 UTC:
>>                 K6AEP-1>APX201,W6CX-3*,qAR,W6YX-5:'1,pl<0x1c>-/]=
>>                 [Location changes too fast (>500 km/h)]
>>                 2012-05-17 02:33:41 UTC:
>>                 K6AEP-1>APX201,ECHO*,WIDE2-1,qAR,KJ6NKR-2:=3851.84N\12116.89WhClay
>>                 Lincoln-Hills CA TM-D710
>>                 2012-05-17 02:37:30 UTC:
>>                 K6AEP-1>APX201,W6CX-3*,qAR,W6YX-5:u SXUQXT v
>>                 WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1 [Unsupported packet format]
>>                 2012-05-17 02:37:30 UTC:
>>                 K6AEP-1>APX201,W6CX-3*,qAR,W6YX-5:K [Unsupported
>>                 packet format]
>>                 2012-05-17 02:37:33 UTC:
>>                 K6AEP-1>APX201,ECHO*,WIDE2-1,qAR,KJ6NKR-2:'1,pl<0x1c>-/]=
>>                 [Location changes too fast (>500 km/h)]
>>                 2012-05-17 03:03:42 UTC:
>>                 K6AEP-1>APX201,ECHO*,WIDE2-1,qAR,KJ6NKR-2:=3851.84N\12116.89WhClay
>>                 Lincoln-Hills CA TM-D710
>>                 2012-05-17 03:09:33 UTC:
>>                 K6AEP-1>APX201,K6FGA-1*,WIDE2-1,qAo,KO6TH:u SXUQXT v
>>                 WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1 [Unsupported packet format]
>>                 2012-05-17 03:09:33 UTC:
>>                 K6AEP-1>APX201,K6FGA-1*,WIDE2-1,qAo,KO6TH:K
>>                 [Unsupported packet format]
>>                 2012-05-17 03:09:36 UTC:
>>                 K6AEP-1>APX201,K6FGA-1*,WIDE2-1,qAo,KO6TH:'1,pl<0x1c>-/]=
>>                 [Location changes too fast (>500 km/h)]
>>                 2012-05-17 03:33:43 UTC:
>>                 K6AEP-1>APX201,ECHO*,WIDE2-1,qAR,KJ6NKR-2:=3851.84N\12116.89WhClay
>>                 Lincoln-Hills CA TM-D710
>>                 2012-05-17 03:41:36 UTC:
>>                 K6AEP-1>APX201,K6FGA-1*,WIDE2-1,qAo,KO6TH:u SXUQXT v
>>                 WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1 [Unsupported packet format]
>>                 2012-05-17 04:13:39 UTC:
>>                 K6AEP-1>APX201,W6CX-3*,qAR,W6YX-5:K [Unsupported
>>                 packet format]
>>                 2012-05-17 04:13:39 UTC:
>>                 K6AEP-1>APX201,K6FGA-1*,WIDE2-1,qAo,KO6TH:u SXUQXT v
>>                 WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1 [Unsupported packet format]
>>                 2012-05-17 04:33:45 UTC:
>>                 K6AEP-1>APX201,ECHO*,WIDE2-1,qAR,KJ6NKR-2:=3851.84N\12116.89WhClay
>>                 Lincoln-Hills CA TM-D710
>>                 2012-05-17 04:45:42 UTC:
>>                 K6AEP-1>APX201,W6CX-3*,qAR,W6YX-5:K [Unsupported
>>                 packet format]
>>                 2012-05-17 04:45:42 UTC:
>>                 K6AEP-1>APX201,K6FGA-1*,WIDE2-1,qAo,KO6TH:u SXUQXT v
>>                 WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1 [Unsupported packet format]
>>                 2012-05-17 04:45:45 UTC:
>>                 K6AEP-1>APX201,W6CX-3*,qAR,WA6TS-1:'1,pl<0x1c>-/]=
>>                 [Location changes too fast (>500 km/h)]
>>
>>
>>                 Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE for Windows
>>                 Mobile and Win32
>>
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