[wxqc] [personal] Server recommendations, Again!

Sat Mar 1 13:34:30 CST 2008

Paul,

I plan on sending a e-mail message with the pertinent information to all
registered members of CWOP next week.  However, there are a significant
number of people who have changed their e-mail addresses and not
notified me of the change.  So, I don't know just how many people will
get the word on what APRS servers to use.

Russ

----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Grace <paulgrace at lookoutranch.com>
Date: Saturday, March 1, 2008 6:55 pm
Subject: Re: [wxqc] [personal]  Server recommendations, Again!

> Couldn't this be automated? 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wxqc-bounces at lists.gladstonefamily.net
> [mailto:wxqc-bounces at lists.gladstonefamily.net] On Behalf Of Jim Pace
> Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 10:41
> To: Discussion of weather data quality issues
> Subject: Re: [wxqc] [personal] Server recommendations, Again!
> 
> Posting to this list, asking for uploads to be changed to the new 
> servers is
> like preaching to the choir, I'm afraid. I would venture that all 
> who follow
> the postings in this list have already made the changes. It's the 
> 2000 some
> uploaders who are apparently blissfully unaware of all the recent 
> happeningsthat need to get the message somehow.
> Just now, I took a look at all the CWOP stations listed in the "Nearby
> Weather Stations" list for my station. Of the 20 stations on the 
> list, 10
> have the CW id. Looking at the raw weather packets of them one by 
> one, I am
> seeing only 3 of the 10 using the new server designation. Of those 
> 3 using
> cwop.aprs.net, one is my station, another is the only other station 
> in my
> little town who only made the switch after I emailed him to make 
> him aware
> of the requested changes, and the last one must have been paying 
> attention.Perhaps all of us following this list should pull up 
> their "Nearby Weather
> Stations" list, click on the CW/DW stations one by one and look to 
> see if
> they are not posting to the cwop.aprs.net server designation. We 
> could find
> their CWOP registered email address and attempt to send them a 
> carefullyworded request to make the change.
> Jim,
> CW0825
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gerry Creager" <gerry.creager at tamu.edu>
> To: "Discussion of weather data quality issues" 
> <wxqc at lists.gladstonefamily.net>
> Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 8:46 AM
> Subject: [personal] [wxqc] Server recommendations, Again!
> 
> 
> > Folks,
> >
> > We're not seeing much traction in moving from the APRS servers to 
> the 
> > CWOP-dedicated servers.  I want to encourage everyone with a CW 
> or DW 
> > id to change their server info to point to cwop.aprs.net using 
> ports 
> > 23 or 14580.  The three servers in that round-robin DNS rotation 
> are 
> > dedicated to CWOP use, and CWOP CW/DW weather information will 
> not go 
> > to the APRS-IS core servers.  It WILL be harvested by FindU and 
> WILL 
> > get to MADIS.
> >
> > There will be a new domain, cwopwx.org, that will also have the 
> same 
> > server addresses soon.  This is an attempt to get CWOP more 
> autonomy 
> > in the future.
> >
> > If you're not an Amateur Radio operator, please change your 
> server 
> > destination to cwop.aprs.net.  The servers and code have been 
> tuned to 
> > perform CWOP data aggregation and collection only, rather than 
> the 
> > full gamut of functions required on the APRS-IS.  These are *our* 
> > servers and making a migration to them will help us all in the 
> long run.
> >
> > For what it's worth, I've got the CWOP1.tamu.edu (CWOP-1) and 
> > aprs.tamu.edu (first.aprs.net) servers as well as managing the 
> servers 
> > for firenet.us and the CWOP.tamu.edu aggregation server.  I also 
> am 
> > the culprit if there are problems with CWOP-2 and CWOP-3, as I 
> make 
> > most of the changes on them so that their sysops are not 
> overburdened 
> > with additional tasks.
> >
> > We thank the Tier2 folks for their support, as well as the APRS-
> IS 
> > Core sys ops.  We need to make this transition to two separate 
> server 
> > pools and services, though, for some good technical reasons.
> >
> > Gerry
> > --
> > Gerry Creager -- gerry.creager at tamu.edu Texas Mesonet -- AATLT, 
> Texas 
> > A&M University
> > Cell: 979.229.5301 Office: 979.458.4020 FAX: 979.862.3983
> > Office: 1700 Research Parkway Ste 160, TAMU, College Station, TX 
> 77843 
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