[Xastir] nws-stations.txt

[brenda]

are these related to the CW* weather stations (not morse) that are
dotted all over the globe? 
i'm told they stand for "citizen's weather". 
citizen of what, i'm not sure :)
 

On Thu, 2003-01-30 at 09:53, Curt Mills, WE7U wrote:
> On 30 Jan 2003, brenda wrote:
> 
> > can someone explain to me please
> > what is NWS? and what is an IGUP beacon?
> 
> More America'isms...
> 
> NWS = National Weather Service.  Actual nation is not specified, but
> is the U.S.  Our weather server (run by Dale Huguely) converts
> weather alerts into APRS packets that Xastir can then gate to local
> RF.  We have a file that specifies which area alerts to go local RF.
> Those alerts then trigger various shapefile maps to pop up on top of
> your regular maps and tint the areas of concern.
> 
> IGUP was explained to me during the last go-around with this.  I
> think it's a beacon sent out periodically over RF that let's
> stations in the area know that they're within range of a functional
> Igate.
-- 
brenda <brenda at wallace.net.nz>