Or better yet, set emergency_range to a distance you'd actually be able to respond if it were real, which presumably is much smaller than a four hour drive at 70MPH). That might screen this nonsense out.
On Sun, Feb 09, 2020 at 01:34:02PM -0700, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <[email protected]> flavor, containing: > > You may be able to disable the emergency processing by changing the variable > "emergency_range" in the file db.c (it is not configurable except by > editing the code). Its default is 280 (4 hours at 70mph), and it will > not pop up the emergency alert if the distance to the station is farther > than emergency_range. Set that to something much larger than the distance > to this dope, and the popups should go away. > > It will, of course, disable your ability to show emergency reports from > actual emergencies where you could help, so you might want to set it back > when the guy gets shut down. > > On Sun, Feb 09, 2020 at 01:16:43PM -0700, we recorded a bogon-computron > collision of the <[email protected]> flavor, containing: > > Dang, I see what you mean by his QRZ listing being questionable: > > > > NEIL ** ATTENTION ALL STATIONS IN THE AMATEUR RADIO FORCE ** PLEASE > > TRANSMIT YOUR SIGNALS FROM FINN ROAD IN WEST PARIS ** THIS IS NOT A DRILL > > ** I HAVE DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY AND HUMANITARIAN CRISIS ALONG OUR > > NORTHERN BORDER ** PLEASE TRAVEL TO FINN ROAD IN WEST PARIS IMMEDIATELY ** > > > > "I have declared a state of emergency." > > > > Sounds fishy. > > > > > > Worse: > > > > https://www.qrz.com/db/NB9D > > > > That's one that might be appropriate for reporting to the FCC. > > > > On Sun, Feb 09, 2020 at 01:12:10PM -0700, we recorded a bogon-computron > > collision of the <[email protected]> flavor, containing: > > > On Sun, Feb 09, 2020 at 01:24:51PM -0500, we recorded a bogon-computron > > > collision of the <[email protected]> flavor, containing: > > > > Is there a preference to disable the Emergency Locate Popup? I have a > > > > kiosk on which I???d rather not see this popup. In particular right now > > > > there is one from a NB9D callsign. Having looked at his QRZ posting, I > > > > am in serious doubt about the validity of this "emergency". > > > > > > > > > There is no such option. It's supposed to be one of those things that > > > is so important you can't turn it off. > > > > > > One should probably contact the station making the false alarm and let > > > them know that people actually pay attention to these things. > > > > > > -- > > > Tom Russo KM5VY > > > Tijeras, NM > > > > > > echo "prpv_a'rfg_cnf_har_cvcr" | sed -e 's/_/ /g' | tr [a-m][n-z] > > > [n-z][a-m] > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Xastir mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir > > > > -- > > Tom Russo KM5VY > > Tijeras, NM > > > > echo "prpv_a'rfg_cnf_har_cvcr" | sed -e 's/_/ /g' | tr [a-m][n-z] > > [n-z][a-m] > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Xastir mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir > > -- > Tom Russo KM5VY > Tijeras, NM > > echo "prpv_a'rfg_cnf_har_cvcr" | sed -e 's/_/ /g' | tr [a-m][n-z] [n-z][a-m] > > _______________________________________________ > Xastir mailing list > [email protected] > http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir -- Tom Russo KM5VY Tijeras, NM echo "prpv_a'rfg_cnf_har_cvcr" | sed -e 's/_/ /g' | tr [a-m][n-z] [n-z][a-m] _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir
