[aprssig] APRS & IRLP / Echolink

[VE7GDH]

Richard VK3JFK wrote...

> I was thinking along the lines that there might be Application/Script
> that would supply all the IRLP node posits to APRS-IS from the data
> already available at the IRLP web site. This could be an Application.

Precisely! That is what the APRS Status script does. It runs on the IRLP
node and generates an APRS object that contains the node number, the
frequency, offset, tone, and status. Oh yes... and the lat/long as well. The
object is sent to the APRS-IS.

> The IGate could run the Application and send to RF the local IRLP nodes
> or better still the Applications would be smart enough to send to an APRS
> Mobile all IRLP/Echolink nodes within 100Km radius when requested to do
> so by the APRS Mobile.

No application is needed at the IGate. The local IGate operator just sets
the IGate to send the IRLP status out via RF. It would be sent once each
hour or when the node status changes. 100 km might be a bit outside the
aloha circle of most IGates. Probably a path of WIDE2-1 or WIDE2-2 might
be appropriate, but that is probably the default path of the IGate already.

73 es cul - Keith VE7GDH
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