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BPQ VARA Beacon


 

Hi, There is a way to send a Beacon in VARA? and VARA HF using BPQ?

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73 de Jean,
VA2OM / VE2PKT


 

Hello Jean,

I don't know about VARA FM because I've never used it, but the only way I can think of on VARA HF is to set up a KISS over TCP port in BPQ that points to the VARA KISS port. Then others using VARA would need to do the same and monitor the port or at least check the mheard on it. If VARA FM also has a KISS port, then the same approach should work.

73,
Lee K5DAT


On Wed, Jan 29, 2025 at 7:53?AM Jean L¨¦tourneau via <ve2pkt=[email protected]> wrote:

Hi, There is a way to send a Beacon in VARA? and VARA HF using BPQ?

--
73 de Jean,
VA2OM / VE2PKT







 

This is my config to send APRS beacons via VARA HF, the PTT in VARA is done via CAT from BPQ:
?
;--------------------------------------- ?HF 14.103 / 10.1482 PACKET PORT -----------------------------
PORT
?ID=VARA HF APRS
?PORTNUM=8
?TYPE=ASYNC
?CHANNEL=A
?FULLDUP=0
?PROTOCOL=KISS ?
?KISSOPTIONS=NOPARAMS
?IPADDR=127.0.0.1 ; Address of PC runnning the TNC. Usually this is the same machine as BPQ, ?
?TCPPORT=8001 ? ? ? ? ?; Port TNC listens on. Default for UZ7HO is 8100 and Direwolf 8001
?MAXFRAME=7
?FRACK=6000
?RESPTIME=1000
?RETRIES=5
?QUALITY=0
?MINQUAL=95
?PACLEN=236
?TXDELAY=350
?TXTAIL=0
?SLOTTIME=100
?PERSIST=230
?DIGIFLAG=1 ? ? ? ? ? ?; Allow Digipeat on this port
?DIGIPORT=0 ; Port on which to send digi?€?d frames (0 = same port)
?USERS=0 ; Maximum number of L2 sessions, 0 = no limit
?L3ONLY=0
?UIONLY=1
ENDPORT
?
;------------------------------------------- ?APRS PORT NORMAL OPERATION IPcmd -------------------------------------
APRSDIGI
?APRSCALL=NP4JN-11
?APRSPATH 4=APRS,WIDE1-1
?APRSPATH 2=APRS,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1
?APRSPATH 8=APRS
?APRSPATH 3=APRS
?LAT=1807.40N
?LON=06609.85W
?BEACONTOIS=1
?TRACECALLS=WIDE,TRACE
?DIGICALLS=WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1
?DIGIMAP 4=IS,4
?DIGIMAP 2=2,IS
?DIGIMAP 8=IS
?DIGIMAP 3=IS
?GATEDPATH 4=WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1;
?GATEDPATH 2=WIDE1-1;
?ReplaceDigiCalls ??
?MaxTraceHops=2 ; Max value of n in CALLN-n processing. If a packet is received with n greater than
?MaxFloodHops=2 ; this, the value will be replaced BEFORE it is decremented.
?BEACONINTERVAL=45
?ISHOST=puertorico.aprs2.net
?ISPORT=14580
?ISPASSCODE=*
?StatusMsg=145.090MHz NP4JN-11 BPQ32 BBS/RMS/VARA/APRS/Packet Node in Cayey, PR http://kp4dog.com/
?OBJECT PATH=APRS PORT=3,IS INTERVAL=30 TEXT=;NP4JN-R ?*111111z1808.54N/06609.62Wr224.820MHz T123 Cayey PR The deserted Band Repeater, use it or loose it.
?OBJECT PATH=APRS PORT=3,IS INTERVAL=30 TEXT=;WP4DMD-R *111111z1812.46N/06601.22Wr146.610MHz Caguas PR DMR Paradise TG330.
?SYMBOL=B
?SYMSET=/
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