MARCAN APRS Info
Here is some information on APRS in Maritimes Canada along with links to other APRS sites.
01/24/2010 Thanks to Andrew VE9SWN for hosting a UIDIGI node at his
QTH near Coburn, NB. Thanks also to Gary VE9AI and Danny VE9DKS for their
help on this project.
01/01/2010 In the past year many APRS servers have consolidated port
settings with the current preference to using the 14580 port.
This is called the 'user filter' port but note that it will not send you
any data without a filter command.
A description of the filter setting can be found at:
http://www.aprs-is.net/downloads/javaprssrvr/javAPRSFilter.txt
The easiest to use is something like m/400 to give a range filter that is
400km from your location.
In Ui-View, enter the command text in the APRS Server setup in the
'Extra log-on text' box as 'filter m/400' (without the quotes).
The MARCAN APRS servers still provide a full (local) RF feed on 10152, as well
as defined range ports 14577-14579.
Added 2 new APRS Servers VE1PS Halifax, NS & VE1MPF Moncton, NB
08/02/2009 OBJECT and INTERNET->RF BEACONING
Lately there has been some Object Beaconing that causes problems
for our network. If a UI-View user transmits a number of objects, they
all go out at once, and if the path is long, it floods the network.
Therefore the beaconing of objects on RF should be limited to one or two
objects per station, at a rate of no less than 20 mins, and a path of direct
or a maximum of 1 hop (WIDE2-1)if necessary (NOT 3 hops).
Exceptions may be made for special events over a short time period.
Similary, gating APRS packets from INTERNET to RF should also be controlled
with the same 20min rate and direct path or 1 hop maximum.
Also NO non-Amateur/APRS objects or packets should be gated from Internet
onto RF.
07/20/2009 New APRS UIDIGI Nodes in NB & NS.
Thanks to VE9DEN, we have 2 new APRS UIDIGI nodes in Northern NB.
VE9SMR (7 Mile Ridge) near Campbellton, and VE9DNB at Dalhousie.
Thanks to VE1TA, NSARA and Digby ARC, we have a new APRS UIDIGI node
VE1ALB at Digby, NS.
03/15/2009 VY2UHF, VY2EKR APRS UIDIGI Nodes QRT
Due to provider problems, both nodes in Eastern PEI are QRT until new sites,
are found.
01/10/2009 VE1GX-1 AprsD Gateway QRT
During a recent storm the antennas for VE1GX-1 came down. This Gateway is
QRT until the antennas are restored.
11/24/2007 APRS WX SETTINGS:
For stations wishing to setup an APRS WX station that transmits on rf,
the standard settings (in UI-View) are:
Callsign: VEnXXX-4 (eg VE1AIC-4)
Unproto Port: 1
Address: APRS, WIDE3-3 (or local option)
Beacon Radio: 20 (20 mins)
Internet: 15 (15 mins)
Max age: 30
FIXED-RATE TRACKERS:
I have noticed some APRS mobiles using very aggressive beacon settings.
Please note the reccomended (maximum) beacon rate is every 90 seconds while
in (high speed) motion and 15-20 minutes while stopped.
If your tracker has only a single fixed-rate setting (eg:TH-D7, D700)
be sure not to exceed these rates and to either turn off the tracker
when parked, or set the proper fixed rate setting of every 20 mins (1200).
11/14/2007 Updates to NB APRS
APRS server in Saint John has changed callsigns and location.
It is now VE9SJN, ve9sjn.dyndns.org:10152
11/01/2007 VY2EKR Node returns from new QTH.
Thanks to VY2ROB, the VY2EKR UIDIGI node is back on from a new
location in Montague, PEI.
10/01/2007 VE9DKS GATE
With the increasing APRS activity and additional nodes in northern NB,
we are pleased that Danny Swan VE9DKS has agreed to feed our APRS
servers from his home UI-View station 24/7. This additional IGATE will
improve APRS mobile data capture in the area around Simmons, NB.
09/30/2007 VE9DGP-3 St.Quentin, NB UIDIGI Node added.
Thanks to the work of Gino VE9GM, and Gary VE9AI.
06/14/2007 VE9TOW is now on line from Estabrooke Mtn near Woodstock, NB.
Installation by Danny Swan VE9DKS and Gary VE9AI.
05/30/2007 VE9GUS and VE9AI installed VE9FPG-3 at Kintore. Its using a 2 bay
Sinclair at tower top about 100ft on the mountain. Kintore Mtn is in back of
Perth Andover.
11/14/2006 New VY2UHF APRS UIDIGI Node in Charlottetown.
The VY2EKR APRS node for Eastern PEI has been QRT for awhile and not sure
when it will return. So thanks to VY2ROB, we added the VY2UHF node to the
site where his UHF repeater is located, to extend coverage to Eastern PEI.
OpenTracker2 Beta Kit
I've been testing my new OpenTracker2 for the past few weeks and it works great.
This is a fully functional (tx & rx) tnc for APRS or Packet.
You can read the Tracker2 Presentation here.
To learn more you can join the Tracker2 Yahoo Group.
Cost for the klt is $42.00USD and a case for $17.50USD.
Available at: www.argentdata.com
11/07/2006 Added Getting Started page.
10/26/2006 New GoogleTrack Live map for tracking
specific stations using data from my JavAPRS server and displayed on GoogleMaps.
10/06/2006 VE1QRZ Node back on from new QTH.
Thanks to Al, VE1APE, the VE1QRZ UIDIGI node is back on the air from a new
location. Oban, NS, just north of St. Peter's on Cape Breton.
10/02/2006 Updated GoogleAPRS Live map of MARCAN APRS
stations with live data link from ve1aic.no-ip.com JavAPRS server.
09/18/2006 New APRS nodes VE9BCQ, Boisetown NB and VE9DGP, Miramichi NB
active now thanks to VE9AI.
07/20/2006 VE1AIC-1 APRS server is now running new software.
I have replaced APRSd with a new version of javAPRSsrvr software,
the same as used by all Core and T2 APRS servers. While I don't have
the bandwith to support a full APRS-IS feed, you can get all the MARCAN
(Maritimes Canada) APRS data from my server by connecting to port 10152.
(ve1aic.no-ip.com:10152)
This feed has all APRS data accumulated from RF traffic in our network.
Note this is a standard full-feed port on all javAPRSservers.
In addition, clients may connect to a user-defined filter port 14580.
This is also an international standard and you can create your own
filter schemes as described in the javAPRS Filter document.
You will need to use this filtered port if you connect to any APRS-IS
full-feed server since the full-feed data can be 20-30Kbps continuously.
For UI-View users, a typical fillter command would be "FILTER M/400",
which would give you all data within 400kms of your location.
Note if you do not send a filter command on a filtered port, you will
NOT receive any data.
For those who connected to port 10151, which included 30-min history,
that port is decpreciated since the developers have found it may cause
data loops. If you connect to this port you will still RECEIVE Aprs
data, with history BUT, your position data and any messaging will not
be imported. This is now an OUTPUT-ONLY port.(You could connect to it
for a snap-shot, then reconnect to 10152 once your map fills in.)
06/04/2006 MARCAN APRS NODES are updated for full WIDEn-n settings.
RELAY, WIDE or TRACE will no longer work.
Please use WIDE3-3 or WIDE2-2 for Base and Mobile paths.
(If you think anyone has a home digi, then try WIDE1-1,WIDE2-2
for mobile)
New APRS nodes VE9BCQ, Boisetown and VE9DGP, Miramichi NB testing
now and soon to be installed by VE9AI.
04/03/2006 New APRS Info (Wiki) site:
http://info.aprs.net/ (See Link below)
02/25/2006: New APRS UIDIGI Node VE9FPG-2 active from Crabbe Mtn,
Fredericton, NB thanks to VE9AI.
12/24/2005: New APRS UIDIGI Node VE9FPG active from Fredericton, NB
thanks to VE9AI.
Also new APRS UIDIGI Node VE1SCP near Shelburne, NS
thanks to VE1RB & VE1IC.
10/24/2005: New APRS UIDIGI Node VE1VZ, near Bridgetown, NS.
Also permanent install of node VE1AAQ at Springfield, NS.
Thanks to VE1II, VE1MR & VE1TA.
09/23/2005 UIDIGI Node VE1PKT now active from Hammonds Plains,NS
thanks to the work of VE1YZ.
07/2005: New UIDIGI node VE9GFI-2 at Sussex, NB thanks to VE9GFI.
07/09/2005: If you wish to connect to the Yarmouth APRS server, the
following address should work, although there has been a problem of
late with the IP address changing more than once a day.
STATUS page http://ve1gx.no-ip.org:14501
Client connect ve1gx.no-ip.org:1313
07/04/2005: Welcome new Yarmouth APRSd server VE1GX-1
06/24/2005: Some of you may have noticed that our UIDIGI nodes have
an "S" symbol instead of the "U". This is to reflect the use of the
new N-n settings. In the beacon you will also see something like
"/R,W,W3,NS". This shows that the node will digipeat the following
paths: RELAY WIDE WIDEn-n NSn-n
The NSn-n is a province wide path that is included for conformity but
not having much practical use. Our other provinces have NBn-n and
PEn-n. The paths RELAY or WIDE are still available to aid visitors and
allow an easy transition but we hope to have everyone using the
standard path by next summer.
Please note the new recomended path settings for ALL stations is WIDE3-3.
See the link below for the full details.
VE1AIC.
The New n-N Paradigm
The MARCAN APRS Network comprises the following network systems
on 144.390mhz:
UIDIGI Nodes:
VY2TPH Hazel Grove, PEI
VE1TPL Lynn Mtn, NS
VE1TRO Nuttby Mtn, NS
VE1EXP Fairmont, NS
VE1QRZ Oban, NS
VE1MTT BeaverBank, NS
VE9GPS Sackville, NB
VE9WRC Moncton, NB
VE1AEH Glenmont, NS
VE1ARC Greenwood, NS
VY2CFB O'Leary, PEI
VE1EFP Digby, NS
VE1YAR Yarmouth, NS
VE1PKT Hammonds Plains, NS
VE1AAQ Springfield, NS
VE1VZ Bridgetown, NS
VE9GFI-2 Sussex, NB
VE9FPG Fredericton, NB
VE1SCP Shelburne, NS
VE9FPG-2 Crabbe Mtn., NB
VE9BCQ Parkers Ridge, NB
VE9DGP (Ashton Hill) Maramichi, NB
VE9DGP-3 St. Quentin, NB
VE9FPG-3 Kintore, NB
VE9TOW Woodstock, NB
VE9SMR (7 Mile Ridge) Campbellton,NB
VE9DNB Dalhousie, NB
VE1ALB Digby, NS
VE9SWN Coburn, NB * NEW *
VY2UHF Charlottetown, PE (QRT)
VY2EKR Montague, PEI (QRT)
VE1GPS Mabou, NS (QRT)
TBA Dartmouth, NS (TBA)
MARCAN APRS Servers:
VE1AIC-1 Charlottetown, PEI
ve1aic.no-ip.com:14580
(filtered user port 14580)
VE9SJN Saint John, NB
ve9sjn.dyndns.org:14580
KA0MOS-1 Conquerall Bank, NS
ka0mos.no-ip.com:14580
VE1GX-1 Yarmouth, NS
VE1PS Halifax, NS
VE1MPF Moncton, NB
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