[Xastir] Intermittent internet connection

[Curt, WE7U]

On Mon, 3 Jan 2005, Matt Werner wrote:

> Why not connect to a port on an igate that is for incoming data only,
> that way you never receive data from the igate, you just send it to
> the igate?
>
> I know there are ports for such a purpose - I just don't remember what
> they are.  Maybe someone else does here otherwise I would try asking
> on the aprssig.

Or you could connect to a filtered feed (port 14580 usually) and
just set the filter so that you receive nothing, or nearly nothing.
If you don't have extra charges for being connected all the time,
just for bytes transferred, this should work well.

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