[FARC] APRS Question Answered

[Joseph M. Durnal]

I forget who asked the question "Can you prevent the packets from
getting into the internet?"   I was curious too and I got an answer,
sort of!

Theoretically, yes.  Add "NOGATE" or "RFONLY" in at the end of your
path.  The igates are supposed to respect that and not gate you to
the APRS-IS.

I was curious because I saw a packet of mine that seemed to go through
the internet and then back out to RF.

N3HEV>BEACON,N3KTX-2*,KF3M-1,WIDE2-2:}NE3R>APX191,TCPIP,N3HEV*::KB3NL
 :I hope to get that before the year is up + a GPS for mobile
APRS{0Q}L

My original packet
NE3R>APX191,WIDE2-2::KB3NL    :I hope to get that before the year is
up + a GPS for mobile APRS{0Q}L

Here is what happened, N3HEV didn't hear my packet on RF, but he had
recently heard KB3NL.  Since N3HEV is hooked to the internet, and saw
my packet on the internet and not RF, he transmitted it as a 3rd party
to KB3NL.

73 de Joe NE3R