I believe there's a recent software glitch at aprs.fi that has maybe not yet been appreciated.

Here's "my" station's i-Gated map for all of June-23, followed by "my" station's i-Gated map for the first 9 days of July-23.
#HamRadio #aprs #xastir #DireWolf

I'm not saying there isn't more traffic/data. There is. But aprs.fi is giving our iGate an order of magnitude more credit than is due. Somebody broke something.

@nathanharig You can,but…From a network resources point of view an RX only iGate on 144.39 is of limited utility. A far more beneficial service would be putting it on 145.825 to facilitate space-based #APRS packets getting into the APRS-IS network. Just one guys opinion. And if you use #XASTIR as the iGate software, you get the added benefit of seeing all the action on the map…

@KC8JC Here's another thing that I feel I'm
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to having figured out, though I don't yet know if anyone's done it.

I have the #APRS iOS app called aprs.fi.

It can connect to a radio with a TNC. OK, so why can't it connect via my local WiFi network to the #Pat or #Direwolf or #Xastir that's running on my pi, and use THAT iGate to TX an APRS message over the VHF radio?

Also, same question, but on the RX side.

@w8emv There’s a lot about #APRS that I don’t understand. I’m having fun trying, though. I’m using #Xastir as my client, but not sure what’s the best one for me.