[Xastir] Xastir and "Special Marine" Warnings... A question about,

[Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr)]

xastir can only display information that is available from APRS.  The 
main APRS-IS servers only carry critical alerts as declared by the NWS.  
If you switch to firenet.us, all of the alerts are available including 
the "Special Marine" warnings, in my experience.

Just change your APRS-IS server from whatever it is (like 
rotate.aprs2.net or noam.aprs2.net) to firenet.us.  Port 14580 
(filtered) or 10152 (full feed) and all of your configured filters still 
works.

Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE for Windows Mobile and Win32

PS.  Be warned, you'll also get a lot more weather and water stations 
from firenet.us than you see on APRS-IS.

On 8/21/2011 5:33 PM, David A Aitcheson wrote:
> Does Xastir display "Special Marine" weather warnings or not?
>
> If not then it should.
>
> "Special Marine" warnings are issued for severe storms over large bodies
> of water such as the Great Lakes; especially when the formation of a
> water spout (offshore TORNADO) is highly probable.
>
> Those waterspout's can become instant tornadoes at the shoreline.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Dave - KB3EFS
>