[Xastir] wx boxes and warnings

[Jerry Chamberlin]

Good test now, Tornado near Ottowa Kansas , Oh that' just SW of me.

Should get more things to test.

On Tue, 6 May 2003, dale huguley wrote:

> vic wrote:
> 
> >I am not fully understanding... is it correct that as long as I am connected 
> >to any of the internet servers around and listed in the Readme.1st file . I 
> >should get the warning polygons, etc., showing up on my instance of xastir.
> >I don't know fully what the reference to aprs-si is.. some particular server.. 
> >and if so, what are the addresses.. I cannot seem to find them
> >
> Hi Vic-
> Wxsvr attempts to connect to 6 of the aprs-is (aprs internet servers) 
> full-time. If it looses connection  it will retry every 10 minutes.  The 
> aprs-is servers trade information so the data is generally on them no 
> matter if wxsvr is connected directly or not.
> 
> >
> >Is the wxsvr program off limits to all but a few people?
> >  
> >
> I don't understand the question- are you talking about the source code, 
> a connection or what?
> 
> >Regards, Victor
> >
> >should I have seen alll the tornado boxes the other day?? on my machine?
> >  
> >
> Yes you should have seen them if you were connected to an internet aprs 
> server.
> 
> 73 de kg5qd Dale
> 
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