When I made my usual morning check of my UI-webserver mapping displays at
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I was startled to see my mobile (WA8LMF - no SSID) in Los Angeles instead of here in the East Lansing area of central Michigan.
Checking APRS.fi. I found a track I drove in 2005 around Los Angeles' San Gabriel Valley to create track 4 of my TNC Test CD! (The TNC Test CD image is downloadable from my website.)
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Further investigation found this was passed into the APRS-IS by a station in China *BG0GE-6 <!call=a%2FBG0GE-6> .??? BGF0GE *appears to be an igate in Xi'an, China - home of the famous Terracotta Warriors.
Apparently, he got a copy of my TNC Test CD and played it over the air (or at least into the Internet) instead of audio directly into a TNC under test.
Wierd???? At least it appears that China's "Great Firewall" isn't blocking my website.......
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Stephen H. Smith??? wa8lmf (at) aol.com
Skype:??????? WA8LMF
EchoLink:? Node #? 14400? [Think bottom of the 2-meter band]
Home Page:
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60-Meter APRS!?? HF NVIS APRS Igate Now Operating
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Flying Digipeater!
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11 Copies of UIview in Action on One Computer!
Live Off-The-Air APRS Activity Maps
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