On Wed, Jan 1, 2025 at 05:51 PM, WA8LMF wrote:
1)?? RECEIVE-ONLY igates are an active DIS-SERVICE to APRS.?? They break half the functionality of APRS and clutter the RF channel,? by not allowing APRS messaging with another station to work.? (One-way vehicle tracking beacons are only a part of APRS.)
How do they clog the RF channel if they're not transmitting? As you say, not they do not send an acknowledgement, but how is this any different to there not being a station there?
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I may, of course, be missing something obvious, but my understanding is that a receive-only igate is exactly that: it gates what it receives to APRS-IS, and transmits nothing, so I don't see how it has any effect on the RF channel, or does not allow messaging to another station to work.?
Phil Culmer 2E0HGU