Re: [Xastir] I-Gate setup

2014-06-11 Thread David
Hi Lee.thanks... i have had Xastir set up as you say for a long time BUT have never seen it work as an I-gate in the way aprsg is at the present time. i know it should work and have tried to find out why not but i havent got too much hair to keep pulling it out HI HI 73 David VK4BDJ

[Xastir] I-gate setup

2014-06-11 Thread David
Hi Leeim wondering if we are both thinking the same thing about messages that are gated by an I-gate the igate that VK4ZZ puts out takes the beacons that stations send to APRS-IS from within a radius of his station and retransmits them via RF to a local repeater which repeats them to the

Re: [Xastir] I-gate setup

2014-06-11 Thread Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr)
I believe you're describing the following feature described at http://www.aprs-is.net/IGateDetails.aspx Gate all packets to RF based on criteria set by the sysop (such as callsign, object name, etc.). In APRSISCE/32, I'm calling that filtered -IS to RF gating. This is not required but is

Re: [Xastir] I-gate setup

2014-06-11 Thread Lee Bengston
Hi David, That's more than messages. If it's OK in your area to gate beacons, etc., then aprsg is probably one of the better solutions. See http://blog.g4ilo.com/2010/12/aprs-gateway.html Regards, Lee On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 5:25 PM, David djm...@bigpond.com wrote: Hi Leeim wondering

Re: [Xastir] I-Gate setup

2014-06-11 Thread Chris Matthews N9JCA
I have been using the IGATE setup that comes with Xastir both mobile and at home never had any problems; only problem I have is when I set radius for 500+miles there is a station that is setup 24/7 with an Emergency beacon kinda frustrating at times BTW Dave have you moved from Queensland?

Re: [Xastir] I-Gate setup

2014-06-11 Thread David
Hi Chris.i have moved from the outer suburbs of Townsville (Black River) into a more central are of the city to the suburb of Kirwan this was done for health reasons1.3 acres is too much to look after and we need to shops.hospital,doctors etc im back on air with JT56 but im very