ZL1WK-5 IGate DIGIPEATER

ZL1WK-5  DIGI with IGATE -Eastern Bay of Plenty Branch 51

This is the clubs primary Digipeating IGate it also has an APRS-tt Gateway enabled (Running Direwolf)

What does it do?

Fully functioning Digipeater with IGate

WIDE1-1, WIDE2-1 etc. it also accepts ZL1WK as alias i.e. ZL1WK,WIDE2-1 for more control of your RF Path 

it will reject duplicate packets and not re digipeat them again (within 30 sec) - but will always pass to the IS Servers

ZL1WK-5 is message capable so messages within the ZL1WK-5 range will be passed from RF to IS and vice versa.

ZL1WK-tt APRStt Gateway

To understand this section please read Direwolf APRS-tt Implementation Notes.pdf pg 7

What does it do?

If you radio is capable of DTMF Tones you can access some of the functions that are enabled.

 APRS-tt has been configured for use of SOTA Summits

 SOTA Locations Via DTMF  B7 is normally Route & mile Mark - But here is Configured as AREA & Summit No:

Summit codes an Example: BP132         or WK205

Would Be: BP = 227 132 WK = 955 205

Required string for Whale Island (Summit BP132) would be: B7 277 230* OperatorsCallsignString #   

(this would show the  operator on APRS.fi at summit BP132 additionally *C9 could be added to give "CQ SOTA" Status in the comment )

B7 277 230* OperatorsCallsignString*C9 #  

Areas ALLOWED for in our Direwolf Config are: Bay of Plenty BP-227, Waikato WK-955, Manawatu / Wellington MW-069, Taranaki TN-866, Auckland AK-255, 

Exported June 2019 from SOTA Map Web Site.

Areas EXCLUDED as the area digits = more than 3 digits are: Northland NL-66555, Gisborne GI-4A444, Hawke's Bay HB-4422, Wellington WL-9555, & all South Island regions due to distance.

You need programme your Callsign in your radio as a DTMF string

Read the Direwolf documentation for further explanation - APRS-tt & how to convert your Callsign to a DTMF string

 ZL1KW  callsign uses several SSID's to beacon - Repeaters as Published by NZART directly to the APRS Servers.

For more info click here