[K4RY] Old business items for the meeting today

[John Klingelhoeffer]

Hi Carey;


Having the iGate transmit is a regulatory concern.  There is a somewhat weak protection on the iGate server farm, so it is possible for non-hams to put traffic into the system that would end up out on the air without any control mechanisms.  This would be a problem for the station trustee.  


I guess I can't see the rationale about 'broadcasting' a remote users location, since one can go on any of the internet sites that monitor the APRS servers and see the location.  Can you give me an example of how that would be useful?


Good to have traffic on the email reflector.  Thanks.
73


John...
WB4LNM


-----Original Message-----
From: Carey Huff <huff360 at gmail.com>
To: K4RY <K4RY at eng.auburn.edu>
Sent: Thu, Sep 22, 2011 12:29 pm
Subject: Re: [K4RY] Old business items for the meeting today


The list is always quiet - So I figure a discussion would do the mail server some good! 


What's the reasoning behind planning to make it receive only?  You lose some features of an I-Gate that make them such a good asset.  


In the past, the I-Gate that was on the old ETV tower was setup to always output the calls of 'old hams' from the area.  Anyone that used to be a part of the club would get their packet pulled off the net and broadcast in RF there in town.  You could always see where I was as long as I was within range of another I-Gate.  (I don't run APRS much anymore, so it's not a big deal for me) 


Don't get me wrong, I'm not fussing, just more of a question out of curiosity.  

Carey





 
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