From WA8LMF2 at aol.com Mon Dec 2 17:26:11 2024 From: WA8LMF2 at aol.com (Stephen H Smith) Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2024 17:26:11 -0500 Subject: [aprssig] 30 Meters APRS-over-VARA Frequency Change on Jan 1st 2025 References: <9e289759-1121-424e-a0a1-d67b67915873.ref@aol.com> Message-ID: <9e289759-1121-424e-a0a1-d67b67915873@aol.com> Due to frequency overlap with, and interference to/from,the "Robust Packet" channels used in Europe,? APRS-over-VARA is moving to a new channel ABOVE the present AX.25 APRS channel on 30 Meters. Currently, APRS-over-VARA is operating with a radio "dial frequency" of 10.147.600, placing the center frequency of it's 500-Hz wide RF signal at 10.149.100 MHz. Starting *January 1st 2025 at 0000 UTC*, the new RF channel center will be *10.149.700? MHz* .? To make the change, set your radio "dial frequency"? to: *10.148.200 MHz USB* Until Jan 1st, I will be running the old channel as usual, and ALSO beaconing test signals (KJ4ERJ's Space Station Object) every two minuteson the new channel. More info is on my web site at: This page is a gateway page to multiple posts on VARA and APRS-over-VARA that have previously been scattered rather haphazardly around my web site. Click on the link in the yellow box near the top of the page for the frequency change info. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen H. Smith wa8lmf (at) aol.com Skype:??????? WA8LMF EchoLink:? Node #? 14400? [Think bottom of the 2-meter band] Home Page: http://wa8lmf.net APRS-over-VARA igates now operating on 30 & 60 meters "Studio B" Ham Shack on Wheels -- APRS over VARA? -- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In-Reply-To: References: <1997534330.1324022.1703631902776@email.ionos.com> <4588884E-68F9-4499-9DF3-99A65E2469A2@tahoma.com> <1880734602.139586.1706107548933@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <04e801db471d$ce4ae4c0$6ae0ae40$@dellabarba.com> FINDU.COM is down now. Is it gone for good? Joe N3HGB -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From pfbram at comcast.net Thu Dec 5 09:42:14 2024 From: pfbram at comcast.net (Paul Bramscher) Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2024 08:42:14 -0600 Subject: [aprssig] Is FINDU.COM Abandoned?? In-Reply-To: <04e801db471d$ce4ae4c0$6ae0ae40$@dellabarba.com> References: <1997534330.1324022.1703631902776@email.ionos.com> <4588884E-68F9-4499-9DF3-99A65E2469A2@tahoma.com> <1880734602.139586.1706107548933@mail.yahoo.com> <04e801db471d$ce4ae4c0$6ae0ae40$@dellabarba.com> Message-ID: <91dc613a-5b06-4276-bce9-38fc9c56f37d@comcast.net> I noticed that ariss.net has been down as well. Looks like they resolve to the same IP. I rely on it to check ISS APRS spotting information. 73, KD0KZE / Paul On 12/5/24 7:58 AM, joe at dellabarba.com wrote: > FINDU.COM is down now. Is it gone for good? > > Joe > > N3HGB > > > _______________________________________________ > aprssig mailing list > aprssig at lists.tapr.org > http://lists.tapr.org/mailman/listinfo/aprssig_lists.tapr.org From steve at dimse.com Thu Dec 5 11:11:07 2024 From: steve at dimse.com (Steve Dimse) Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2024 08:11:07 -0800 Subject: [aprssig] Is FINDU.COM Abandoned?? In-Reply-To: <04e801db471d$ce4ae4c0$6ae0ae40$@dellabarba.com> References: <1997534330.1324022.1703631902776@email.ionos.com> <4588884E-68F9-4499-9DF3-99A65E2469A2@tahoma.com> <1880734602.139586.1706107548933@mail.yahoo.com> <04e801db471d$ce4ae4c0$6ae0ae40$@dellabarba.com> Message-ID: <447440C7-3EED-43EF-AA78-812B612BBCCD@dimse.com> findU is under some kind of DDOS attack for the last three days. It is receiving dozens of hits a second from many different IPs. I'm wrapping up my summer as an astronomy ranger at Grand Canyon and have very little time to spare, so I turned off the web access, hoping they would go away, but they haven't. As soon as I turn it on the server loads up with 200 requests (the limit I have on Apache). I took a little timne this AM to look closely. The offending requests are to near.cgi and request a lat-lon near list. Some IPs request a lot, some only appear occasionally, but the lat - long appear random (e.g. as many for 60-80 lat as the much more populated 30-50). I tried to have near.cgi reject lat/long but the overhead of creating a process for each request still bogged down the server, so I just killed near.cgi, and the server is keeping up so far. I'll watch the access list to see if the ddos goes away and I can reenable near. If this is a new feature for someone's program, please own up and stop it. If this is a deliberate attempt to drive findU off the net congrats, you are only one step away. If the load shifts to another cgi I will have no option but to turn off web access again, at least until January but maybe forever. I'm too old for this crap. Steve K4HG > On Dec 5, 2024, at 5:58?AM, joe at dellabarba.com wrote: > > FINDU.COM is down now. Is it gone for good? > Joe > N3HGB > _______________________________________________ > aprssig mailing list > aprssig at lists.tapr.org > http://lists.tapr.org/mailman/listinfo/aprssig_lists.tapr.org From erik at n7fyo.net Thu Dec 5 13:35:23 2024 From: erik at n7fyo.net (Erik Beck) Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2024 13:35:23 -0500 Subject: [aprssig] Is FINDU.COM Abandoned?? In-Reply-To: <447440C7-3EED-43EF-AA78-812B612BBCCD@dimse.com> References: <447440C7-3EED-43EF-AA78-812B612BBCCD@dimse.com> Message-ID: I'm sorry to hear that Steve. Hang in there! Erik, N7FYO Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 5, 2024, at 11:13, Steve Dimse wrote: > > ?findU is under some kind of DDOS attack for the last three days. It is receiving dozens of hits a second from many different IPs. I'm wrapping up my summer as an astronomy ranger at Grand Canyon and have very little time to spare, so I turned off the web access, hoping they would go away, but they haven't. As soon as I turn it on the server loads up with 200 requests (the limit I have on Apache). > > I took a little timne this AM to look closely. The offending requests are to near.cgi and request a lat-lon near list. Some IPs request a lot, some only appear occasionally, but the lat - long appear random (e.g. as many for 60-80 lat as the much more populated 30-50). > > I tried to have near.cgi reject lat/long but the overhead of creating a process for each request still bogged down the server, so I just killed near.cgi, and the server is keeping up so far. I'll watch the access list to see if the ddos goes away and I can reenable near. > > If this is a new feature for someone's program, please own up and stop it. If this is a deliberate attempt to drive findU off the net congrats, you are only one step away. If the load shifts to another cgi I will have no option but to turn off web access again, at least until January but maybe forever. I'm too old for this crap. > > Steve K4HG > >> On Dec 5, 2024, at 5:58?AM, joe at dellabarba.com wrote: >> >> FINDU.COM is down now. Is it gone for good? >> Joe >> N3HGB >> _______________________________________________ >> aprssig mailing list >> aprssig at lists.tapr.org >> http://lists.tapr.org/mailman/listinfo/aprssig_lists.tapr.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > aprssig mailing list > aprssig at lists.tapr.org > http://lists.tapr.org/mailman/listinfo/aprssig_lists.tapr.org From jeffh at aprsfoundation.org Mon Dec 9 22:27:38 2024 From: jeffh at aprsfoundation.org (Jeff Hochberg) Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2024 22:27:38 -0500 Subject: [aprssig] In Memory of Lynn - KJ4ERJ Message-ID: Hello, I just wanted to take a moment to share this with you. I hope you enjoy reading it. https://www.aprsfoundation.org/lynn-kj4erj-silent-key/ I also started an ?In Memory? section on the website. I will be adding Bob in short order. If you would like to see anyone else recognized, please let me know. If you have a photo and anything you would like added to the post, I would be happy to take care of getting it up on the site for you. https://www.aprsfoundation.org/in-memory/ Jeff Hochberg President APRS Foundation Inc jeffh at aprsfoundation.org -- Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679, we have a legal duty to protect any information we collect from you. Information contained in this email and any attachments may be privileged or confidential and intended for the exclusive use of the original recipient. If you have received this email by mistake, please advise the sender immediately and delete the email, including emptying your deleted email box. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jeffh at aprsfoundation.org Mon Dec 16 01:00:05 2024 From: jeffh at aprsfoundation.org (Jeff Hochberg) Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 01:00:05 -0500 Subject: [aprssig] APRS Foundation on Groups.io Message-ID: Hello! We officially established a presence on Groups.io! >From now on...the Foundation will communicate with everyone via our Groups.io group instead of relying on aprssig. Please take a few minutes and sign up for the new group! https://groups.io/g/aprsfoundation Jeff Hochberg - W4JEW President APRS Foundation Inc -- Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679, we have a legal duty to protect any information we collect from you. Information contained in this email and any attachments may be privileged or confidential and intended for the exclusive use of the original recipient. If you have received this email by mistake, please advise the sender immediately and delete the email, including emptying your deleted email box. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From WA8LMF2 at aol.com Sun Dec 22 13:15:46 2024 From: WA8LMF2 at aol.com (Stephen H Smith) Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2024 13:15:46 -0500 Subject: [aprssig] New 30M APRS-over-VARA Channel Beginning to Take Off! References: <033f0293-4af5-4b0f-bef8-36e5af7aeb89.ref@aol.com> Message-ID: <033f0293-4af5-4b0f-bef8-36e5af7aeb89@aol.com> The migration of 30 meters APRS-over-VARA activity to the new channel of *_10.148.20 MHz USB_*? "dial" frequency seems to be taking off -- even before the announced change-over on New Years eve.? As of 1 PM Eastern Standard time? 22 Dec 2024, this is what I am seeing on my UIview test receiver/igate in central Michigan, USA. This display and new frequency will replace the current http://WA8LMF.net/map? 10.147.600? Mhz? main APRS-over-VARA? UIview igate/mapping-webserver? display at *midnight UTC on New Years Eve*.? (The test setup on the new channel is currently also doing igate duty - the stations on the map below can be seen on findu.com, APRS.fi, etc.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen H. Smith??? wa8lmf (at) aol.com Skype:??????? WA8LMF EchoLink:? Node #? 14400? [Think bottom of the 2-meter band] Home Page: http://wa8lmf.net *30 Meter?? APRS-over VARA? Frequency Change Coming 1 Jan 2025.?? Details Here: * - APRS over VARA? -- "Studio B" Ham Shack on Wheels - -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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