[Xastir] Re: Wind Gusts

[Jason Winningham]

On Dec 16, 2006, at 11:25 AM, Gerry Creager N5JXS wrote:

> I agree, although changing the spec is likely to be difficult.   
> Thus, I'm thinking about a back-door approach to create the weather  
> products.

Could we do something as simple as a keyword in the status test to  
indicate it meets NWS/NOAA standards?  Or is the current APRS WX  
format inadequate in some way?

It could even be as rigorous as having a station vetted in some way,  
then a (short) public key issued to that station to include in the  
status text to give the issuing authority a higher level of  
confidence to the data.

There's certainly nothing to stop anyone from declaring another  
packet format altogether, although it needs to be compatible with the  
Kenwoods.  |:

I've also thought that one solution to the 144.39 channel crowding  
was to move WX and an appropriate number if digis to another  
frequency to create an APRS WX net.

-Jason
kg4wsv