[Xastir] APRS-IS without authentication?

[Gerry Creager]

You're using Tier 2 servers, right?

Rick Green wrote:
> 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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