Alex Carver wrote:
--- On Sun, 8/2/09, Gerry Creager <[email protected]> wrote:
How to get the warning disseminated in all its various
forms was something we struggled with. I was the only
non-NWS guy on the committee, and we still meet
periodically, and worry about these things. Using an
expanded FIPS code provides more info by decimating the
county into 9 sectors:
[big snip]
I don't mean to imply the switch was a bad idea. In fact, the list you give
does present a lot of interesting options for the utility of the switch. I
just wanted to point out the one thing that stopped working after the switch
which I used a lot. I lived in Atlanta until early this year. Anytime a storm
was moving through, several local I-gates were broadcasting the WXSVR packets
and the coding allowed the FIPS codes to be visible in the extended view of the
packet (before the switch of course). I have a workaround which is to spin
the VFO over to NOAA radio when I see an alert and then just listen to the
automated broadcast so it's not impossible.
More to the point, I AM interested in things like this. However, I
offer that, while purpose-built for APRS, the D7[01]0 is a flawed radio
when folks try to do too much with it.
Now to add to the mix, it looks like WXSVR is dead and while Pete
Loveall has something together that will serve out similar data, the one
we relied upon for so long is history. Sorta the nature of the hobby:
Someone drops a service and it's not replicated elsewhere. I've been
trying to make sure the Core stays replicated and geographically
diverse, and I'm doing the same with the CWOP servers. But that's
another story.
gc
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