[aprssig] >APTHWX ToCall?

[Boyd Prestwood K5YKG]

On 7/16/2012 8:26 AM, Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr) wrote:
> Does anyone have any knowledge of the >APTHWX ToCall?  It is not 
> listed at http://www.aprs.org/aprs11/tocalls.txt but is the source of 
> many (non-amateur radio, it seems) APRS-IS weather packets, all 
> available if you use a filter of e/APTHWX-1.  These packets are 
> available on both the APRS-IS servers as well as firenet.us.
>
> The packets do contain the URL http://weatherwatch.in.th which I ran 
> through google translate (http://tinyurl.com/7b44tcu) and it is 
> definitely a weather site with an interesting, and possibly 
> explanatory, description of their "Basic principles of the system." a 
> little over 1/2 way down the page.
>
> Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE for Windows Mobile and Win32
>
> PS.  Here's a short sampling of some of the packets.  They're coming 
> through at a pretty steady pace, so if you add an e/APTHWX-X filter, 
> you won't have to wait long to see them.
> //snipped//

Just as HGX is the National Weather service designator for 
Houston/Galveston Texas radar, HWX seems to be associated with Hawaii.

The latitude sure looks invalid and the longitude cuts through West 
Texas... sorta far from Hawaii!

"APT" would be the start of a TinyTrak tracker TOCALL but the whole 
thing could just be a "personal" made-up TOCALL...

Just some thoughts... may not be relevant at all of course... will 
continue thinking (smellslike wood burning, eh!?

Boyd Prestwood, K5YKG
Near Houston TX