[Xastir] Emergency Locate Popup

[Tom Russo]

Or better yet, set emergency_range to a distance you'd actually be able to
respond if it were real, which presumably is much smaller than a four hour
drive at 70MPH).  That might screen this nonsense out.

On Sun, Feb 09, 2020 at 01:34:02PM -0700, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <russo at bogodyn.org> flavor, containing:
> 
> 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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Tom Russo    KM5VY
Tijeras, NM  

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