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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>APRSIS32 wiki is here <a
href="http://aprsisce.wikidot.com/">http://aprsisce.wikidot.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>And the yahoo groups support group here <a
href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aprsisce">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aprsisce</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I have never had a problem politely
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Steve Daniels</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>G6UIM</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:windowtext;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;color:windowtext'> aprssig-bounces@tapr.org
[mailto:aprssig-bounces@tapr.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf
Of </span></b>John Goerzen<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 24 April 2012 16:53<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">TAPR
APRS Mailing List</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [aprssig] Kindly dealing
with annoying behavior</span></font><font color=black><span lang=EN-US
style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Hi folks,<br>
<br>
Over at <a href="http://bit.ly/IOP667">http://bit.ly/IOP667</a> you can see
some raw packets. (Note: I will disable that redirect in a few days; my
point is not to "name names" here, but to get some advice.)<br>
<br>
There are a few things happening there:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Roughly every 10 minutes, 24/7 every day, sending
a message to BLN0<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Same thing, also roughly every 10 minutes,
sending a message to BLN1<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Not necessarily visible in this list, but also it
is sending a "Welcome to [cityname]" message to anyone that
sends them a message. Or possibly anyone that comes in range?
I'm not clear.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>All of the above is happening on RF.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The first two items are
the ones that bug me. They pop up with an audible alert on a lot of APRS
devices and software, including my TH-D72A and Xastir. I also see
evidence of people that are confused by it, thinking the message was sent
specifically to them. (Replies back to the station sending the BLNs
saying "OK" or "no thanks" or something - which then causes
them to get "Welcome...")<br>
<br>
I would like to kindly help the person running this do so in a more
ham-friendly manner -- perhaps redirecting what is some enthusiasm into a
better path. Does anyone here have feedback on the best way to go about
doing that, without coming off in a way that will make the person defensive and
dig in their heels? I do not know the email address for the person,
incidentally, and am not sure if I could get onto any repeater that the person
also uses.<br>
<br>
If the person needs configuration help with the software, where is a good place
to send them? According to aprs.fi, the software is APRSIS32 version
08. I am a Linux person and although I am quite familiar with the entire
AX.25 stack on Linux, I have never used it on Windows at all, and as the person
is about an hour's drive away would probably be giving suggestions over the air
or phone - so if there is an APRSIS32 resource somewhere I could point them at,
that'd be great.<br>
<br>
On an unrelated note, I also noticed a huge volume of APRS traffic on RF in the
local area today. There appears to be a cell phone running APRSDroid
dropping packets onto APRS-IS every 18s, and somebody is gating them onto RF
putting WIDE2-2 on the via path. It is not entirely clear to me what
station is doing that. I have a couple of candidates and have dropped a
friendly email to them.<br>
<br>
Thank you,<br>
<br>
John<br>
KR0L<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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