[aprssig] 9k6 telemetry

[Curt, WE7U]

On Fri, 5 Aug 2005, AE5PL Lists wrote:

> Due to severe bandwidth restrictions at some SatGate locations,
> satgate.aprsca.net does not generate keep-alive comment lines.  Be sure
> that the software you are using does not automatically disconnect if it
> does not see data from the server over a period of time.

Yes, Xastir does this.  If no activity it'll disconnect and then try
to reconnect.  I think the timeout is something like 6 minutes, but
it can be extended with a simple code changes if that will work for
John.

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