[FADCA] Updated Melbourne W4MLB-10 Telpac Node

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Hi Bud,  Did you see all the stuff on D-Star?  This is precisely what I have 
been trying to get going here and around the adjoining counties.  What say 
you to moving this along?   73,  Ed
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "bud Thompson" <budt at cfl.rr.com>
To: <K4GBB at earthlink.net>
Cc: "Victor Poor" <vpoor at cfl.rr.com>; <fadca at mailman.qth.net>; "Charlie 
N3PPC" <ccrook at cfl.rr.com>; <k4ywc at arrl.net>
Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 7:36 AM
Subject: [FADCA] Updated Melbourne W4MLB-10 Telpac Node


> 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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