[Xastir] Opentrac?

[Gerry Creager N5JXS]

Please don't make these potentially inflammatory comments on the APRS 
sig.  Last time soneone did, it took weeks to get back to normal and a 
lot of folks were really mad.

In some areas, you will find OpenTrak packets intermingled with APRS 
packets.  Sometimes, the balloon folks will offer OpenTrak or APRS 
packets on a separate frequency to reduce congestion.  In my town, 
144.39 usually has both mixed, and no problems.

There are several of us who agree with your first sentence.

gerry

Rick Green wrote:
> I see a link from the xastir web site to a new 'opentrac' specification.
> Reading the specification, it seems more generalized and potentially more
> robust than the APRS spec.
>   I saw a note that xastir has some support for the opentrac spec, but I
> don't see where this might be specified in the config.  On what frequency
> might I find opentrac traffic?  Is there any work going on to build a digi
> network and/or igate/server support for this?
> 

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