SN / APRS Spotter Network - APRS --> SN gateway

[Keith Brandt]

The APRS to SpotterNetwork gateway seems to be intermittent. I have "!SN!" in my APRS comment, but it seems like I rarely see my dot showing up on RadarScope. Has anyone else been reporting an issue?

Keith WD9GET
(brandt on SN)

 

[Rob K]

I have the same issue

 

[Keith Brandt]

So...is there a way to check on it and fix it?

 

[Mark Drees]

This is and has been an ongoing issue regarding APRS/SN. It is unstable at best and why I use the Windows Client during severe weather situations. See thread below...

https://stormtrack.org/community/threads/sn-on-aprs-not-working.30503/

 

[John Wetter]

Thanks for the report, we'll take a look. We thought we had squashed this issue some time ago.

 

[Keith Brandt]

Thanks!

 

[Keith Brandt]

Does it matter where in the APRS comment field the !SN! appears? I've got mine at the end -- "73, Keith !SN!"

 

[John Wetter]

No, that shouldn't matter. We're seeing that our APRS feed isn't nearly as stable as it used to be and so we have a 'watcher' to see when data stops flowing that it then gives it a boot again. This is a patch as we continue to explore a real solution.

 

[Keith Brandt]

Thanks for keeping an eye on it and coming up with the workaround. I’ll play with it and see how it goes.

 

[Keith Brandt]

I just turned on my APRS and it transferred to SN right away - so far so good!

 

[Keith Brandt]

I may have spoken too soon. It seems to be picking up from the APRS network when I’m using APRSDroid on my phone. But when I switch to an RF network, it’s not getting picked up. Both routes are visible on APRS.fi.

 

[John Wetter]

I may have spoken too soon. It seems to be picking up from the APRS network when I’m using APRSDroid on my phone. But when I switch to an RF network, it’s not getting picked up. Both routes are visible on APRS.fi.

Hi Keith,
You may want to take a look again as we've done some work on this and it looks to be more stable. Let us know!

 

[Keith Brandt]

Hi Keith,
You may want to take a look again as we've done some work on this and it looks to be more stable. Let us know!

Still no joy with it getting through on the RF side. I'm using WD9GET-5 if you want to see my data. My APRS position is showing up on APRS.fi, but no SN dot on RadarScope or WeatherTap. I'll be out mobile later today, so I'll give it a more thorough test.

Thanks for the continued work!