Sending data to APRS/CWOP

[W0MKE]

I am an amateur radio person and I have not be able to send data through Culumus to APRS. I am wondering what the secret way to set up the configuration is..... nothing seems to work for me.....

argh

Mike

[steve]

I think you have the wrong ID, or the wrong server. CWOP IDs start with CW, DW, or EW. But as you're an amateur radio operator, I believe you can use your callsign, but you have to arrange that with CWOP first. See http://www.wxqa.com/servers2use.html

[W0MKE]

I think you have the wrong ID, or the wrong server. CWOP IDs start with CW, DW, or EW. But as you're an amateur radio operator, I believe you can use your callsign, but you have to arrange that with CWOP first. See http://www.wxqa.com/servers2use.html

Thanks, Steve, that was great information. According to the documentation, I need a validation code to use with my Amateur Radio callsign. I am hoping this will be the key.

Mike

[W0MKE]

I put my ham radio callsign in the internet configuration and -1 in the 'pass' field and the data never gets to APRS/CWOP..... any ideas?

[Nykita]

Have you actually registered with CWOP? I had no problem getting info to show up, I was live about 3 minutes after I received my publishing ID, so that means they don't have a waiting period...

You might find your answer here:http://www.wxqa.com/faq.html

One more thing: From the CWOP link Steve gave you....

3. What server should I use if my packet ID contains my amateur radio callsign?
- Use a server designator of "rotate.aprs.net" to send to the APRS Core servers (FIRST, SECOND, THIRD) or "rotate.aprs2.net" to send to the Tier 2 servers. Note that these servers require a validation code which currently licensed amateur radio operators can obtain from n5jxs at tamu dot edu or from russ at wxqa dot com.

[steve]

Yes, to use your call sign, you also have to use the code they give you instead of -1.