<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div><span></span></div><div>I hope you make a version available to us dummies that runs on the raspberry pi. That would make a great addition for those of us who use them for igates.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453414366789_15246"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453414366789_15245">Thanks for your hard work.<br> </div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453414366789_15228">Max KG4PID<br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453414366789_15254" style="display: block;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453414366789_15253" style="font-family: Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453414366789_15252" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453414366789_15251" dir="ltr"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453414366789_15255" face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Martin Nile via aprssig <aprssig@tapr.org><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> TAPR APRS Mailing List <aprssig@tapr.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, January 22, 2016 10:38 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [aprssig] US Weather forecast via APRS message<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453414366789_15256"><br><div id="yiv5244910951"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453414366789_15259"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453414366789_15258" dir="ltr">Thanks Fred,<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453414366789_15257"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453414366789_15260">Once I get all of the kinks worked out of the program, I'll move it to a proper server and rename it to something more easily remembered. I'm open to suggestions. WXBOT, USAWX, FORCST, WXRPT and others have been suggested.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453414366789_15261"><br clear="none"></div><div>Looking at the messages that came in overnight, I realized that I can also give current conditions. I'll be adding "now" and "current". If the requested station is an APRS weather station, or a CWOP station I can return the most recent report from the station. Otherwise, I'll use the report from the weather service.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>--</div><div>Martin</div><div>KI6WJP</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div></div><div class="yiv5244910951yqt6201233198" id="yiv5244910951yqt14449"><div class="yiv5244910951gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv5244910951gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 6:42 AM, Fred Hillhouse Jr <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fmhillhouse@comcast.net" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:fmhillhouse@comcast.net">fmhillhouse@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv5244910951gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid;">
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Hi Martin,<u></u><u></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Very nice! Now to remember it exists and
that will be challenging!<u></u><u></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Will you be making your work available for
others to use?<u></u><u></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Thanks for your service!<u></u><u></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Best regards,<u></u><u></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">From:</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;"> aprssig
[mailto:<a href="mailto:aprssig-bounces@tapr.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:aprssig-bounces@tapr.org">aprssig-bounces@tapr.org</a>] <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">On Behalf
Of </span></b>Martin Nile via aprssig<span class="yiv5244910951"><br clear="none">
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, January 21, 2016
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<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> <a href="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org">aprssig@tapr.org</a><br clear="none">
</span><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [aprssig] US Weather
forecast via APRS message</span></font><u></u><u></u></div>
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I am in the process of working on a program which provides a US Weather
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">via APRS message. I have most of the kinks worked out and it is ready
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">by a larger group.<u></u><u></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Send a single character APRS message to KI6WJP and the program will respond
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">brief forecast for your location.<u></u><u></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">You can specify "where" and "when" you want the
forecast. If you wish a full forecast<u></u><u></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">add the word "full" to your "where" and
"when". The full forecast is spread across<u></u><u></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">multiple APRS message. The default "brief" forecast
usually fits within a single<u></u><u></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">message.<u></u><u></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">"where" is any APRS callsign/object, zipcode, grid, or
decimal lat/lon as long as it is <u></u><u></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">located in a place covered by the US National Weather Service.<u></u><u></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">"when" is any day of the week with optional night. I.e.
Wednesday night<u></u><u></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The forecast is derived from the US National Weather Service point
forecast.<u></u><u></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Usually the forecast is produced within 1 or 2 seconds, but during
periods of<u></u><u></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">heavy activity, the weather service can take 20 or 30 seconds.<u></u><u></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The latitude/longitude for the requested object is extracted from <a href="http://api.aprs.fi/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">api.aprs.fi</a>, <u></u><u></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">As a result, anything that appears on <a href="http://aprs.fi/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">aprs.fi</a>
is valid including <u></u><u></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">CWOP stations and AIS ships.<u></u><u></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Here are some example forecast requests that can be sent to KI6WJP:<u></u><u></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Any message less than 3 characters<u></u><u></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Returns a brief forecast for the current location of the
sending station.<u></u><u></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><u></u><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Tom</span></font><u></u>orrow 96067<u></u><u></u></div>
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Returns tomorrow's forecast for <u></u><u></u>Mount Shasta<u></u>, <u></u>CA<u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Tonight<u></u><u></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Returns the forecast for tonight at your current location<u></u><u></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Tuesday night full<u></u><u></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Returns the Tuesday night full forecast at your current
location.<u></u><u></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">w1aw<u></u><u></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Returns the current forecast for the location of station
W1AW<u></u><u></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">usna-1 Sunday<u></u><u></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Returns the forecast for the Army Navy football game on
Sunday. <u></u><u></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> (Assuming usna-1 is at the stadium)<u></u><u></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">CN81uh<u></u><u></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Returns the forecast for the center of maidenhead grid
CN81uh<u></u><u></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">36.5786/-118.2920<u></u><u></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Returns the forecast for the summit of <u></u>Mount
Whitney<u></u>.<u></u><u></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Currently the program is running on a raspberry Pi on a home dsl
internet connection.<u></u><u></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The program is single threaded and can handle a single forecast request
at a time.<u></u><u></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Things are still in development and may break at any time. <u></u><u></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Obviously for this to work via RF, a transmit capable i-gate is
necessary.<u></u><u></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Many thanks to Heikki for Ham::APRS::IS, Ham::APRS::FAP and <a href="http://api.aprs.fi/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">api.aprs.fi</a> that made<u></u><u></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">this easy.<u></u><u></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">For more information see: <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/ki6wjp/wxbot" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">https://sites.google.com/site/ki6wjp/wxbot</a><u></u><u></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Regards<u></u><u></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Martin Nile<u></u><u></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv5244910951MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">KI6WJP<u></u><u></u></span></font></div>
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