[Xastir] APRS-IS without authentication?

[Rick Green]

On Mon, 7 Jul 2008, Jason KG4WSV wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 7:50 PM, Rick Green <rtg at aapsc.com> wrote:
>> Sometimes, I'd like to bring up xastir on my laptop and connect to an
>> internet server just to see what's going on in the neighborhood.  I've
>> found, however, that I don't get any data from the aprs-is unless I
>> 'authentacate' myself with my callsign and passcode.
>
> do you have a position-dependent filter?
>
> I had the same problem, until I figured out that with my filter to
> only show me stations near my position (the r filter?) I needed to
> send a position report for the filter to have enough data to work.
>
  I had discovered that a while ago, so I converted to the 'a' filter where 
I explicitly declare the bounds.  But yesterday, I found that even an 'a' 
filter, or even the unfiltered 'firehose' feed was silent until I entered 
my passcode.

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Rick Green, N8BJX

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