[Xastir] 'Owning' station ID?

[Rick Green]

On Wed, 27 Oct 2004, Curt, WE7U wrote:

> Seeing them on RF or on the INET feeds?  INET:  No rules for
> identification.
  I'm seeing them on an inet feed.  I don't have an RF interface defined
right now.
  Looking closer at the station info, I realize that there are also no
amateur callsigns listed in the Path info, so the reporting stations must
be connected directly to the internet.
  As an aside, how do I interpret the cryptic codes like 'qaX' that I find
in the path info?  My own station, which is connected only to the
internet, shows a path info of 'APX140,TCPIP*' while one of the local
weather stations shows 'APRS,TCPIP*,qaX,CW0714'.  WHy the difference?  If
I were to put up an antenna and an RF port, might I be on shaky ground wrt
third-party traffic if I enable inet->rf gating?
 >
> If on RF, are you sure they're not sending another ID broadcast
> (perhaps via no hops) or have the callsign in the comment field?
> Either of those if perfectly legal.
  Or they could be sending CWID periodically, but that does no good beyond
the local RF range.  I wouldn't want to put up a digi that would repeat
any transmissions that don't clearly identify their source as an amateur
station call.

-- 
Rick Green, N8BJX

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