[aprssig] Newbie APRS object question

[Curt, WE7U]

On Thu, 21 May 2009, fredeckert at hotmail.com wrote:

> I hope to find a linux version of the NET-SKED local FREQ OBJECT
> generator for APRS as described by Bob's netsked.txt document.
> Anyone know if this is out there?

You could use xastir_udp_client to send the object into Xastir's
server port, but then might need to tweak some settings to cause it
to get gated or transmitted.

> Also: If I set the path for the object as the digi name, WIDE1-1 will that cause the object to only be transmitted to RF from the specified digi with no hops?

Use WIDE2-1 to knock out home fill-in digi's or even better yet:
The callsign-SSID of the digi itself and use no other digi fields.

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