APRS-IS in Australia

VK2XJG — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:32:23 +0000

Here in Australia, there are three TIER2 servers that have been set up specifically to service the APRS-IS connections from the Australian region. Each of these servers provides a standard set of ports on which connections can be made. Each port provides a different subset of the global APRS-IS stream. The recommended DNS to use is aunz.aprs2.net for the Oceania region.

Below is the list of APRS-IS servers...

first.aprs.net.au / australia.aprs2.net
Provided and Maintained by Geoff VK2XJG
second.aprs.net.au / sydney.aprs2.net
Maintained by Geoff VK2XJG
Bandwidth provided by Damien VK2TDG
tasmania.aprs2.net
Provided and Maintained by Scott VK7HSE

Available Ports

Port Number	Description
14577	Any traffic within 100km of your location. This requires that your station transmits a valid position packet to the server after connecting.
14578	Provides only ZL* traffic
14579	Provides all VK* and ZL* traffic
14580	User Definable Filter Port. This is the RECOMMENDED port to use, since it allows you to customise EXACTLY what you want to recieve, which allows you to shape your bandwidth requirements

APRS.NET.AU - APRS-IS Servers

APRS-IS in Australia