[aprssig] are write-only APRS-IS clients valid?

[Pete Loveall AE5PL Lists]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Heikki Hannikainen
> Sent: Monday, December 02, 2013 12:15 PM
> 
> As I understand this, for messaging to work nicely in the presence of rx-only
> igates:
> - APRS-IS servers which implement dupe filtering and provide filtered
> connections for igate clients should always be connected to a full feed.
> - iGate clients should pass all received packets to their upstream servers and
> should not try to do duplicate filtering themselves.
> But maybe I'm wrong, wouldn't be the first time.

But that is where it breaks down which is what I have been saying all along: if the IGate client is integral within a server or if the IGate operator is running their IGate into a local server (local as in private access in their house, for instance) and that server is connected to a limited feed upstream (as it often is), a RX-only IGate can break messaging.

73,

Pete Loveall AE5PL
pete at ae5pl dot net