<div dir="ltr"><div><soapbox></div><div><br></div>IMHO, one-way igates are a main enabler of the 'APRS is just a vehicle tracking system' mentality.<div><br></div><div>It is so much more, but when anyone can slap an RX-only igate up for absolutely NOTHING, and it competes with a full-service igate in the same area and cripples it, you're just hurting the system.</div><div><br></div><div></soapbox></div><div><br></div><div>Randy</div><div>WF5X</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 10:48 AM, Curt, WE7U <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:curt.we7u@gmail.com" target="_blank">curt.we7u@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On Wed, 30 Aug 2017, <a href="mailto:chiefsfan2@cox.net" target="_blank">chiefsfan2@cox.net</a> wrote:<br>
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We have a pretty decent igate network where this would work well and maybe it would increase the use of texting on our ham network.<br>
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Be a bit wary here. A lot of igates are receive-only, so do you no good in a 2-way messaging scenario. You may be lucky and live in an area with good 2-way igate coverage though.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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