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Here is an idea for plotting I-Gate coverage by station using the qxx
construct.<br><br>
If you looked at each station that GATED someone, you could then plot the
last location of each station that the I-Gate posted to the
database.<br><br>
You could further refine the search by going back in each stations
history by x number of position reports to see if that I-Gate ever posted
a position and then plotting all those location. This would expand the
I-Gates station list significantly but would nice to see.<br><br>
Here are some examples using my I-Gate in SW Colorado and some stations
that my I-Gate routinely post. My I-Gate antenna at the house is @ 30
feet (above ground Ground elevation 8990 ft), but near the end of a
Valley that overlooks the high desert. Dollar is to the NW by 25 Miles of
VERY rough mountains, Harris 57 miles to the South, and Deza is 128 miles
to the S,SW.<br><br>
<tt>
HARRIS>APN382,qAo,KC5EVE-14:!3638.34NS10746.50W#PHG4740/W4,NMn/N5DIG-3
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HARRIS>APN382,WIDE3-3,qAo,KC5EVE-14:!3638.34NS10746.50W#PHG4740/W4,NMn/N5DIG-3
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HARRIS>APN382,DEZA*,WIDE2,qAo,KC5EVE-14:!3638.34NS10746.50W#PHG4740/W4,NMn/N5DIG-3
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HARRIS>APN382,DEZA*,WIDE2,qAo,KC5EVE-14:!3638.34NS10746.50W#PHG4740/W4,NMn/N5DIG-3
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HARRIS>APN382,qAo,KC5EVE-14:!3638.34NS10746.50W#PHG4740/W4,NMn/N5DIG-3
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HARRIS>APN382,WIDE3-3,qAo,KC5EVE-14:!3638.34NS10746.50W#PHG4740/W4,NMn/N5DIG-3
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HARRIS>APN382,EUREKA,ANGFIR,METHOD,WIDE3*,qAR,K0QED:!3638.34NS10746.50W#PHG4740/W4,NMn/N5DIG-3
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HARRIS>APN382,WIDE2-1,qAo,KC5EVE-14:!3638.34NS10746.50W#PHG4740/W4,NMn/N5DIG-3
Digi
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<tt>DOLLAR>DHFYYX,WIDE2-2,qAo,KC5EVE-14:'sUcl #/]KC0RIA<br>
DOLLAR>DHFYYX,WIDE2-2,qAo,KC5EVE-14:'sUcl #/]KC0RIA<br>
DOLLAR>ID,qAo,KC0RIA-14:DOLLAR/R<br>
DOLLAR>DHFYYX,WIDE2-2,qAo,KC5EVE-14:'sUcl #/]KC0RIA<br>
DOLLAR>ID,qAo,KC0RIA-14:DOLLAR/R<br>
DOLLAR>DHFYYX,WIDE2-2,qAo,KC5EVE-14:'sUcl #/]KC0RIA<br>
DOLLAR>DHFYYX,WIDE2-2,qAo,KC0RIA-14:'sUcl #/]KC0RIA<br>
DOLLAR>ID,qAo,KC0RIA-14:DOLLAR/R<br>
DOLLAR>DHFYYX,WIDE2-2,qAo,KC0RIA-14:'sUcl #/]KC0RIA</tt> <br><br>
<tt>
DEZA>APN382,EUREKA,ANGFIR,METHOD,WIDE3*,qAR,K0QED:!3554.31NS10846.26W#PHG7640/W4,NMn/N5DIG-1
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DEZA>APN382,qAo,KC5EVE-14:!3554.31NS10846.26W#PHG7640/W4,NMn/N5DIG-1
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DEZA>APN382,qAo,KC5EVE-14:!3554.31NS10846.26W#PHG7640/W4,NMn/N5DIG-1
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DEZA>APN382,WIDE2-2,qAo,KC5EVE-14:!3554.31NS10846.26W#PHG7640/W4,NMn/N5DIG-1
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DEZA>APN382,qAo,KC5EVE-14:!3554.31NS10846.26W#PHG7640/W4,NMn/N5DIG-1
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DEZA>APN382,PORTER,LEMMON*,WIDE3-1,qAR,KC7GNM:!3554.31NS10846.26W#PHG7640/W4,NMn/N5DIG-1
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DEZA>APN382,qAo,KC5EVE-14:!3554.31NS10846.26W#PHG7640/W4,NMn/N5DIG-1
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DEZA>APN382,qAo,KC5EVE-14:!3554.31NS10846.26W#PHG7640/W4,NMn/N5DIG-1
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DEZA>APN382,WIDE2-2,qAo,KC5EVE-14:!3554.31NS10846.26W#PHG7640/W4,NMn/N5DIG-1
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Example search would yield with the following parameters: (imagine
the database only contains the stations that are contained above in
either the from or the qxx location of Harris, Dollar, Deza, KC5EVE-14,
KC7GNM, K0QED, KC0RIA-14)<br>
<font face="Courier, Courier">I-Gate<x-tab> </x-tab>Search
back in records x times Stations heard<br>
KC5EVE-14<x-tab> </x-tab>1<x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>Deza, Harris<br>
KC5EVE-14<x-tab> </x-tab>2<x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>Deza, Harris<br>
KC5EVE-14<x-tab> </x-tab>3<x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>Deza, Harris<br>
KC5EVE-14<x-tab> </x-tab>4<x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>Deza, Harris,
Dollar<br>
KC7GNM<x-tab> </x-tab>1<x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>-<br>
KC7GNM<x-tab> </x-tab>2<x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>-<br>
KC7GNM<x-tab> </x-tab>3<x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>-<br>
KC7GNM<x-tab> </x-tab>4<x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>Deza<br>
KC0RIA-14<x-tab> </x-tab>1<x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>Dollar<br>
K0QED<x-tab> </x-tab>1<x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>-<br>
K0QED<x-tab> </x-tab>2 (thru
8)<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>Harris<br>
K0QED<x-tab> </x-tab>9<x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>Harris,
Deza<br><br>
In real life there are many more stations to parse for each I-Gate, but
it would be nice for me to know for each of my I-Gates how many station
am I the primary I-Gate for and how many stations I also gate for
occasionally. You could therefore also add search back x records and the
I-Gate must show up more than y times. <br><br>
With that additional parameter if you use the same data set above with a
go back 8 records and the I-gate must appear 4 times (1/2 the time) then
the results would be:<br>
KC5EVE-14<x-tab> </x-tab>Deza,
Harris<br>
KC0RIA-14<x-tab> </x-tab>
Dollar<br><br>
If the parameters were changed to 9 and 4 then KC5EVE-14 would pick up
Dollar as well.<br><br>
Now for a coder to apply this!<br><br>
AND Map the results! This is different from the #Hops to an I-Gate
map.<br><br>
Mark<br>
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