[aprssig] OpenAPRS WEB page

[Gregory A. Carter]

I'm not sure why that flag would apply to a packet that for some reason has
-already- been gated to the APRS-IS network.  OpenAPRS isn't a gate or an
APRS-IS server it's simply reading the feed from one of the tier 1 servers.
If for some reason the packet as in this case was gated already why would we
choose to ignore it and simply refuse to parse it or display it?

I would lean towards showing the packet since part of the usefulness of
sites like OpenAPRS and findu is to be able to debug your transmissions.  I
can see where you might want to know that your packet was getting gated when
it wasn't supposed to onto the APRS-IS network and track down the gate that
is ignoring it.

Greg

NV6G
OpenAPRS.Net

On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 12:40 PM, John Vause <jdv at iglou.com> wrote:

> Looks like the OpenAPRS web page doesn't honor the !x! flag.
> I don't see KF4ERV-7 on Findu but I do using the OpenAPRS webpage.
>
> It is my understanding that using !x! at the beginning of the D7 status
> msg is the
> same as placing NOGATE or RFONLY in the PATH.
>
> Robert Bruninga wrote:
> > I am impressed with the Information display on the oAPRS web
> > page.
> >
> > In particular, I like the way it shows how each station will
> > show up on the mobile APRS displays.  This lets people see
> > clearly how their choice of text formatting makes a difference
> > to moblies looking for local info.
> >
> > See www.oaprs.net and enter a callsign (no SSID and you get them
> > all).
> >
> > Great job!  Considering the focus of APRS is on the mobile
> > display of useful data, I encourage everyone to check out how
> > their beacons read by using this web page.  I also encourage
> > this kind of MOBILE TEXT window display on other APRS-INTERNET
> > web pages to encourage the use of USEFUL info instead of useless
> > info in their beacons.
> >
> > Bob, WB4APR
> >
> >
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