[Xastir] Gating Wx alerts to RF

[Dean Groe]

I know that this has been discussed before, but I seem to be missing something.  

My goal is to gate severe weather alerts to RF.  I have had a nws-stations.txt file setup for a few weeks now in the ~/.xastir/data directory. I have restarted Xastir a couple of times since then, if that makes a difference.  
I have the AWIPS files installed if that matters. 

I have Disable all IGate Traffic enabled in the IGate Options of the AX.25 TNC Interface.  I am not interesting in functioning as a general purpose IGate.  I am only interesting in gating Wx alerts to RF.  We have plenty of IGates here in the Orlando area already.  

We had a few Severe Thunderstorm and Tornado Warnings today from the local NWS office (MLB).  I did not gate any of them to RF.  
I looked in the Weather Alerts window and I see the warnings there.  I had the red alert "boxes" on the screen, until just a few minutes ago, when the warnings expired.  
Here is the text from one of the warnings listed in the Weather Alerts window; 

MLBTOR BLQAA NWS_WARN 11 @2126z ==>  11 @2215z YI FL_C061 TORNADO  

Here is what my nws-stations.txt looks like; 

#Melbourne, FL, USA 
MLB 
# 
KMLB 
# 

I put the KMLB in there because I had noticed that some of the Previous Wx alerts that I found on the web seemed to *maybe* come from KMLB instead of MLB.  I was not sure and I figured that it would not hurt. 


So, is the problem that I have Disable all IGate Traffic enabled ?  

Will I have to become a "full service" IGate to gate weather alerts to RF?

Thanks


Dean  KD4TWJ