[Xastir] Emergency Locate Popup

[Tom Russo]

You may be able to disable the emergency processing by changing the variable
"emergency_range" in the file db.c (it is not configurable except by 
editing the code).  Its default is 280 (4 hours at 70mph), and it will
not pop up the emergency alert if the distance to the station is farther
than emergency_range.  Set that to something much larger than the distance
to this dope, and the popups should go away.

It will, of course, disable your ability to show emergency reports from
actual emergencies where you could help, so you might want to set it back
when the guy gets shut down.

On Sun, Feb 09, 2020 at 01:16:43PM -0700, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <russo at bogodyn.org> flavor, containing:
> Dang, I see what you mean by his QRZ listing being questionable:
> 
> NEIL ** ATTENTION ALL STATIONS IN THE AMATEUR RADIO FORCE ** PLEASE TRANSMIT YOUR SIGNALS FROM FINN ROAD IN WEST PARIS ** THIS IS NOT A DRILL ** I HAVE DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY AND HUMANITARIAN CRISIS ALONG OUR NORTHERN BORDER ** PLEASE TRAVEL TO FINN ROAD IN WEST PARIS IMMEDIATELY **
> 
> "I have declared a state of emergency."  
> 
> Sounds fishy.
> 
> 
> Worse:
> 
> https://www.qrz.com/db/NB9D
> 
> That's one that might be appropriate for reporting to the FCC.
> 
> On Sun, Feb 09, 2020 at 01:12:10PM -0700, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <russo at bogodyn.org> flavor, containing:
> > On Sun, Feb 09, 2020 at 01:24:51PM -0500, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <n1mie at mac.com> flavor, containing:
> > > Is there a preference to disable the Emergency Locate Popup? I have a kiosk on which I???d rather not see this popup. In particular right now there is one from a NB9D callsign. Having looked at his QRZ posting, I am in serious doubt about the validity of this "emergency".
> > 
> > 
> > There is no such option.  It's supposed to be one of those things that
> > is so important you can't turn it off.
> > 
> > One should probably contact the station making the false alarm and let 
> > them know that people actually pay attention to these things.
> > 
> > -- 
> > Tom Russo    KM5VY
> > Tijeras, NM  
> > 
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> Tom Russo    KM5VY
> Tijeras, NM  
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Tom Russo    KM5VY
Tijeras, NM  

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