[aprssig] AVRS Issues (was Re: aprssig Digest, Vol 99, Issue 11)

Sat Sep 15 08:16:34 EDT 2012

Any chance on including  ALLstar link  nodes>

On Sep 14, 2012, at 3:59 PM, John Gorkos <jgorkos at gmail.com> wrote:

> Please give me some "for instances" of what you are expecting versus what
> you are seeing.
> There has been some instability around the script that updates echolink
> node status the last week or so, which might have contributed to weirdness.
> 
> 
> On 9/14/12 4:54 PM, "Eduardo Gomez López" <hk3pqi at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi everybody, I am working with AVRS and the most time it's working
>> very well but sometimes the system doesn't found some stations that
>> are alive in APRS and are in coverage of closer echolink. Why is
>> happens with? There is any bad in the system? Than you for your time.
>> 73
>> 
>> HK3PQI-10 Igate
>> HK3PQI-R echolink node
>> 
>> 
>> Eduardo Gómez L.
>> Editor conceptual de entretenimiento
>> Caracol Televisión
>> 
>> El 14/09/2012, a las 7:01 a.m., "aprssig-request at tapr.org"
>> <aprssig-request at tapr.org> escribió:
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>>> Today's Topics:
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>>>  1. Latest Garmins and Gtrans cables (Alex Carver)
>>>  2. Chasing NWS Balloons with APRS (Robert Bruninga)
>>>  3. Re: Latest Garmins and Gtrans cables (Bob Burns W9RXR)
>>>  4. Re: Latest Garmins and Gtrans cables (Scott Miller)
>>>  5. Is FireNet Down? (Stephen H. Smith)
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>>> Message: 1
>>> Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 21:24:09 -0700 (PDT)
>>> From: Alex Carver <kf4lvz at yahoo.com>
>>> Subject: [aprssig] Latest Garmins and Gtrans cables
>>> To: TAPR APRS Mailing List <aprssig at tapr.org>
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>>> Has anyone used some of the latest Garmins (such as the 3450 and other
>>> 3000 series) nuvi receivers with the Gtrans cable and their radio?? I am
>>> not concerned about the stations being plotted on the GPS receiver's
>>> screen, I just want to make sure the GPS receiver can send data out to
>>> the radio by the cable.
>>> 
>>> Of course the latest receivers are using micro-type-B USB? connectors
>>> which means the Gtrans cable would have to be modified if the receiver
>>> could use the Gtrans cable otherwise.
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>>> Message: 2
>>> Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 20:15:14 -0400
>>> From: Robert Bruninga <bruninga at usna.edu>
>>> Subject: [aprssig] Chasing NWS Balloons with APRS
>>> To: TAPR APRS Mailing List <aprssig at tapr.org>
>>> Cc: Amsat - BBs <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
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>>> Although there are a few APRS type Balloon launches every few months to
>>> serve as educational tools and short-duration small-satellite
>>> simulations,
>>> there is often not one available when you happen to need to show some
>>> students a class.
>>> 
>>> Now, a Ham in Brazil has written a sound-card decoder for the DAILY
>>> National Weather Serice balloons that then takes the balloon data (the
>>> fancy ones with GPS) and converts the downlink into APRS format on the
>>> ground and then you can feed that into any APRS system or the global
>>> APRS
>>> internet feed and track these balloons just as if they were APRS
>>> balloons.
>>> 
>>> Since they are throw-aways by the NWS, they are fun to go chase and try
>>> to
>>> find.
>>> 
>>> The ham just told me about this, and I encouraged him to package it up,
>>> since it has excellent educational value.  When he has it all together
>>> and
>>> posted on line, Ill let everyont know.
>>> 
>>> This sounds like more fun..
>>> 
>>> Bob, Wb4APR
>>> 
>>> 
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>>> Message: 3
>>> Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 21:52:12 -0400
>>> From: Bob Burns W9RXR <w9rxr_ at rlburns.net>
>>> Subject: Re: [aprssig] Latest Garmins and Gtrans cables
>>> To: TAPR APRS Mailing List <aprssig at tapr.org>
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>>> At 12:24 AM 9/13/2012, Alex Carver wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Has anyone used some of the latest Garmins (such as the 3450 and
>>>> other 3000 series) nuvi receivers with the Gtrans cable and their
>>>> radio?
>>> 
>>> Yes...sorta. I have a Garmin nuvi 1450 which was a 2011 model, I
>>> believe. I've used it with a GTRANS2 cable from Argent Data which
>>> provides NMEA0183 data over RS-232 via a DB-9 connector. Note, that's
>>> GTRANS2. It's not listed in the Argent Data store, but Scott can
>>> provide it on request. The newer nuvis get their power through the
>>> mini-USB connector, so the GTRANS2 has a pigtail for 12VDC power.
>>> 
>>> Bob...
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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>>> Message: 4
>>> Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 21:36:33 -0700
>>> From: Scott Miller <scott at opentrac.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [aprssig] Latest Garmins and Gtrans cables
>>> To: Alex Carver <kf4lvz at yahoo.com>, TAPR APRS Mailing List
>>>   <aprssig at tapr.org>
>>> Message-ID: <5052B451.6060402 at opentrac.org>
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>>> 
>>> Current information is here:
>>> 
>>> https://www.argentdata.com/support/fmi.html
>>> 
>>> The 2xx5 series should work.
>>> 
>>> Scott
>>> 
>>> On 9/12/2012 9:24 PM, Alex Carver wrote:
>>>> Has anyone used some of the latest Garmins (such as the 3450 and other
>>>> 3000 series) nuvi receivers with the Gtrans cable and their radio?  I
>>>> am
>>>> not concerned about the stations being plotted on the GPS receiver's
>>>> screen, I just want to make sure the GPS receiver can send data out to
>>>> the radio by the cable.
>>>> 
>>>> Of course the latest receivers are using micro-type-B USB  connectors
>>>> which means the Gtrans cable would have to be modified if the receiver
>>>> could use the Gtrans cable otherwise.
>>>> 
>>>> 
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>>> Message: 5
>>> Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 02:35:24 -0400
>>> From: "Stephen H. Smith" <wa8lmf2 at aol.com>
>>> Subject: [aprssig] Is FireNet Down?
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