[FADCA] 35 Telpacs in FLorida? Is that for real?

[Chuck Hast]

On 6/4/05, bud thompson <budt at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> The WL2K Telpac list indicates 35 Telpac stations in the FLORIDA GROUP when
> sorted by grid square.  (There may be more as not all grid squares in
> Florida fall in the same contiguous group when sorted by grid square.  The
> APRS map does not show that many.  I suggest we all try to find any call on
> the following list that you really doubt STILL has a Telpac on the air and
> make contact to confirm.  It is likely that (1) folks jumped in 18 months
> ago and got on the bandwagon,  registered a node, put up a Telpac node -
> then lost interest and did not follow up to delete it from the list when
> taking it off the air, or (2) have not bothered to install the APRS
> reporting feature.  Please review this list and if you recognize a call you
> doubt really has a node on the air, try to contact that person and ask
> him/her to follow up and delete it from the WL2K registration if off the
> air, or install the APRS reporting feature.
> 
> On a related matter, it will be very beneficial to EMCOMMs for all Telpac
> nodes to have an SSID of -10.

Bud,
Note that the way I have it set up on Linux kp4djt-10 AND TELPAC both
work. So a person in a bind if they can not remember the local call can
connect to telpac either direct or over the network.


> 
> The value of having Telpac nodes on lists/maps on the internet is diminished
> exponentially by the number of nodes on the list that are no longer there!
> 
> 73,
> bud N0IA
> 
> 
> W1NPR-10
> N9AWP-2
> WB4GQK
> KG4FCD-1
> WB4WBL
> KP4DJT-10
> N6ZUE-10
> K4LVR-9
> K4GBB-4
> WE0D-4
> K4ECM-7
> N1HVH
> WA4PAM-2
> WA2DXQ
> WB4MOZ-10
> KD4LXB-10
> W4MIN-6
> N4XEO-10
> N1GYX-2
> W5TWR-10
> N4JCV
> KD4WOV-8
> W8EHH-10
> N1FL-10
> KG4RUW
> N2QGV
> AC4CX
> N3PPC-10
> N0IA
> N0IA-10
> KB0VVV
> KN6KB
> KN6KB-10
> AF4N-10
> KC4PX-10
> 
> 
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Chuck Hast 
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out and having to identify your bits and pieces in the midst of torn
and twisted metal."