[Xastir] OT: SAME to APRS gateway requirements?

[Apostolos Kefalas]

Hello folks,

we have set-up such a "possibility" in our local weather office. A small
RaspberryPI connected to a TM-D700 is getting the weather alerts for
Greece and injects them to aprs.fi. 

But if it fails to connect to aprs.fi (emergency - internet fails), then
it sends them to TM-D700 and from there to the local digipeater and
across all country!!!

Also depending on the severity of the alert, except from the affected
regions numbers, a sort message/bulletin is sent!!!


Regards
Apostolos - SV1LJJ

 
On Πεμ, 2013-10-17 at 11:40 -0500, Jason KG4WSV wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 9:54 AM, Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr)
> <ldeffenb at homeside.to> wrote:
> > Were you aware that the NWS alerts are still being (or have been restored
> > to) firenet.us?  There is no need to have the same alerts being injected by
> > multiple clients/devices.
> 
> This isn't intended for NWR to APRS-IS gatwaying; it's about getting
> the data in absence of internet connectivity - e.g. mobile operation,
> or at my house when the power is out.  It could be useful for gating
> to APRS-RF in unusual situations where igates aren't available, or
> aren't gating the data.
> 
> > Although as an educational senior design project, it might be a good
> > learning experience.
> >
> > Also, I wasn't aware that the full information was digitally encoded on the
> > weather radio frequencies?  I was under the (possibly mistaken) impression
> > that SAME only carried the activation regions, but didn't carry all of the
> > zone information that normally appears in the NWS APRS packets.
> 
> I have no idea - that's one of the reasons I'm posting here.  I
> haven't done a lot of homework.  I figure a customer that half knows
> what he's talking about is good, real-world training for 'em. :)
> 
> > PS.  http://www.aprs-is.net/WX/Default.aspx is a good place to start.
> 
> thanks.
> 
> -Jason
> kg4wsv
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