It would be folly to drive around without a license, but I am not looking for
trouble. I set blocking parameter and I have run APRS, with Winaprs until I found Xastir 1.9.2 and migrated to Linux. I have learned a great deal from this forum and using "beep beep" and "you have mail" from winaprs in sounds folder! Thanks Steve kd5mkv ________________________________ From: Xastir <[email protected]> on behalf of Curt, WE7U <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 8, 2017 1:08 PM To: Kurt; Xastir - APRS client software discussion Subject: Re: [Xastir] non licensed callsign in my area On Fri, 8 Sep 2017, Kurt wrote: > I remember some 10 years ago when some guy in the area was running around in > the Peoria area with a fictitious call off and on over a period of time. > Guys posted they were going to track him down and one weekend, the guy was at > it again and they went after him. I spent an enjoyable 45 minutes watching > on Xastir and the perp eventually stopped at a resturantor gas station where > the trackers confronted him. (That takes cojones now and it did then too.) > Guy sheepishly said he bought the tracker "second hand" and didn't know it > was"illegal". Was advised to get a Tech license. The spurious emissions > ceased thereafter. Kurt KC9LDH I find it hilarious that anyone tries doing something illegal using a device that sends out their exact position. As funny as people that post pictures on the internet of illegal activity that shows their face and has their lat/long embedded in the photograph itself. -- Curt, WE7U. http://we7u.wetnet.net WE7U's Home Pages<http://we7u.wetnet.net/> we7u.wetnet.net Topo Mapping: Free use for SAR units SARTopo can be used online or offline, allows sharing of maps, concurrent use of a map, marking objects and range rings, plus ... "The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system!" _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir Xastir Info Page<http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir> xastir.org This is the Xastir users list. General topics related to the use of Xastir and APRS are discussed here. Please stay on topic as much as possible. _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir
