[FADCA] Re: Updated Melbourne W4MLB-10 Telpac Node

[C Schuman]

bud Thompson wrote:
> Charlie-
>
> I registered the W4MLB-10 Telpac Node at winlink.org.  On the Telpac 
> Map http://www.winlink.org/positions/telpacpos.aspx it is plotting 
> about 40 miles too far north, but I'll fix that later by getting a 
> more detailed grid square value.  I set myself up as the sysop contact 
> - once we get some more active users on the Melbourne LAN someone else 
> can take that over.  I'll send Vic and the W4MLB trustee the password, 
> etc, to be able to edit the registration if necessary.
>
> I also put a BEACON in the ax25-up file - I need to learn how to make 
> perhaps two separate beacons - one general and one announcing the 
> Telpac node, etc., etc..  Can I do that by using an additional BEACON 
> line?
>
> Is there a way from fpacnode (or sysop) to force a beacon for testing?
>
> Earlier last week I did work on some general user 'how to' files for 
> the Orlando host and will continue polishing those over the next week 
> or so. Once they look okay for general use they may be used as 
> templates for other sites.
>
> I checked Orlando and Melbourne and all NoWP values have been set to 1 
> - guess you took care of that earlier.
>
> bud N0IA
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Very Good!
Yes, you can have two beacons on one port... That is one of the things I 
fixed when I cleaned up the ax25-down process. There was NO cmd to stop 
the beacon, so each time you restarted ax25 you added another beacon 
process.  Also, if you wish to beacon on other ports you will need a 
beacon cmd for each of the other ports.

While I'm at the kbd I might as well report my finding on the WP cleanup 
effort.
I made the rounds again this morning and found three nodes that regained 
the BIG node list again. I don't know where the contamination came from, 
but will continue making the rounds and checking. It may take another 
couple more days before we can turn the WP broadcasts back on.

Anyone bring a Node back on should run the wpmaint utility before 
allowing the node to access the other nodes.

<<Charlie>>
      k4gbb