[Xastir] OT: SAME to APRS gateway requirements?

[qrv at kd4e.com]

This sounds like an excellent methodology!

Question: Can APRS alerts be tagged with a tone of some sort to
break squelch when a handheld is in 'quiet mode'?

It's often difficult to have a radio squelch open at work, church, etc.


> 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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