[aprssig] APRS Server Filters Question

[Dave Baxter]

Try port 14580 (guess your 145800 was a typo)

Try also a filter of m/200, or in ui-view speak "filter m/200"  That
specifies a 200km radius from your position, wherever you are...

But...  You must connect with a valid lat/long, and send at least one
posit to the IS, so it know's where you are, so as to know what radius
to select posits for to send to you.  You can also specify a specific
boundry with the filter setting, but you need to go read filter.txt to
figure that out, as I've forgotten...

It's worth getting onto the server's web page, and making sure they
support the 14580 user filterable port.  You can also do that after you
connect, and check to see what filter it thinks you have set.

73..

Dave G0WBX.
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: aprssig-bounces at lists.tapr.org 
> [mailto:aprssig-bounces at lists.tapr.org] On Behalf Of Amateur 
> Radio WB8NUT
> Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 1:11 PM
> To: TAPR APRS Mailing List
> Subject: [aprssig] APRS Server Filters Question
> 
> Folks, I always seem to have trouble with these darn filters 
> on the APRS servers.  I am using midwest.aprs2.net:145800 as 
> the server, and the filter string I am using is "Filter 
> f/WB8NUT/200 t/omn" to try and just get the stations within a 
> 200 mile range of my station, plus only certain types of 
> stations.  I keep getting pretty much of the world - icons on 
> the entire US, South America, and Europe - over 1500 icons on 
> the map.  Can anyone explain what I am doing wrong?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Duffy
> www.wb8nut.com