<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Three items, independently - would it be feasible to:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">1) Each packet transmitted on RF by an IGate, include an identifier to explicitly indicate an IGate with Internet connection to APRS-IS, as well.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">2) use some deprecated TOCALL SSIDs to indicate how an IGate transmitted a packet?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">with a -4 offset:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">APxxnn-4 = no hops, direct only.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">APxxnn-5 = one hop</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">APxxnn-6 = two hops<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">APxxnn-7 = special use only, three or more</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">3) expand the existing use of object symbol overlays to indicate how an IGate is configured to transmit:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">I& = IGate (deprecated)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">R& = Receive Only (not encouraged)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">T& = TX capable (deprecated)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">0& = no hops - direct only</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">1& = one hop</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">2& = two hops</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">7& = special path</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">P& = reserved for Proportional PATH</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Bob had this in 2011:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><pre style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><i> I& - is an IGate, but is ambiguous with respect to transmitting
</i><i> R& - means it is definitely an RX only IGate
</i><i> T& - Means it is definitely a TX IGate with one hop path only
</i><i> 2& - means it is a TX igate clobbering two hops in all directions
</i><i> 3& - means it is a TX SPAM GENERATOR , (or a legitimate special case)</i></pre><pre style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><i style="font-family:georgia,serif"><a href="http://aprs.org/symbols/symbolsX.txt">http://aprs.org/symbols/symbolsX.txt</a> in 2015:</i><br></pre><pre style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><pre style="color:rgb(0,0,0);word-wrap:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap">\& OG# I=Igte R=RX T=1hopTX 2=2hopTX</pre><pre style="color:rgb(0,0,0);word-wrap:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap">Oh, and not the yellow TCPIP symbol, like I used to run.<br></pre><pre style="color:rgb(0,0,0);word-wrap:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap"><pre style="word-wrap:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap">/I PI TcpIp on air network stn</pre></pre><pre style="color:rgb(0,0,0);word-wrap:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap">thanks,<br></pre><pre style="color:rgb(0,0,0);word-wrap:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap">Jim A.<br></pre></pre></div></div>