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VK4ZZ APRS iGATE - Townsville Australia

The VK4ZZ North Queensland APRS iGATE operates H24 providing
- transmission of all correctly transmitted APRS beacons into the APRS internet system (APRS IS)
- transmission of selected data from the APRS IS onto the North Queensland APRS Network
- correct transfer of all APRS point to point terminal messages

VK4ZZ APRS iGATE setup
- Computer Hardware, Toshiba Satellite 1800 Laptop running off 12V battery no-break supply, 256mB RAM, 20Gb HD, 100Mb/s NIC
- Computer Software, uiVIEW 2.03 running on Microsoft Windows XP SP3
- Radio Modem, MFJ 1270B TNC running TheFirmware 2.7, 9600Bd on serial port, 1200Bd on radio port with squelchless receive
- Radio Hardware, AWA RT-85A transceiver modified for 2metre operation, switchable 4W or 20W transmitter
- Radio Frequency, 145.175MHz, the Australian national 2metre APRS frequency.
- Operational since 22nd February 2008, previously operating for 15years as a Packet Radio BBS using paKet5.1 then FBBS

Some other groovy APRS links
QLD APRS uiVIEW and Xastir Maps on theTARCinc website - look in Documents section

VK4 APRS SSID Guide
-1 = Home Stn / Digi / Wx
-2 = 2nd remote Digi or UHF
-3 = Digi on remote site
-4 = HF iGate or HF<>VHF Gate
-5 = iGate (not a home station)
-6 = Satellite Ops or SatGate
-7 = Kenwood rigs or HamHuds
-8 = 2nd Mob/port maritime ops
-9 = Mobiles using TT's,OT's etc
-10 = Internet operations only
-11 = Touch tone ops or balloons
-12 = Portable ops e.g. campsites
-13 = Telemetry reporting
-14 = Truckies on VHF
-15 = HF Mobiles
nil = Home Station iGate

 

Real Time APRS display of Gladstone Region Central Queensland Australia - includes AIS Ship Reporting Stations - courtesy of aprs.fi