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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">The purpose of Repeater objects sourced by local Digipeaters is for ON-AIR information to visiting mobiles in the area. Having these objects sourced on the APRS-IS makes no sense because they miss their #1 reason for being.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">The ONLY place such objects should be sourced on RF is *<b>from</b>* the digipeater itself. Only the digipeater can hear the channel load and so only the DIGI can transmit the object when the channel is CLEAR. Sourcing these objects anywhere but at the DIGI are just SPAM that collides with other users and have a net NEGATIVE impact on the APRS system.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Please read <a href="http://aprs.org/localinfo.html">http://aprs.org/localinfo.html</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Yet their value to traveling APRS mobiles are immense! And they have NO impact on other users IF-and-ONLY-IF they are sourced from the digis.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Bob, WB4APR</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> aprssig [mailto:<a href="mailto:aprssig-bounces@tapr.org">aprssig-bounces@tapr.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Robert German via aprssig<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 03, 2015 1:31 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org">aprssig@tapr.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [aprssig] Something like <a href="http://openaprs.net">openaprs.net</a></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Hi,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">It looks like the openaprs servers are on autopilot and no longer working. My question is: does anyone knoe of a similar service that allows a “member” to insertobjects/icons at locations and then have them displayed od APRS maps. We have 2 dozen of our repeaters on the APRS maps by using openaprs amd since openaprs does not seem reliabe anymore I would like to “host” our icons somewhere else.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Bob German - KB4RGC</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Carolina440 UHF Linked System</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></body></html>