KD7DVD-6 Digipeater Commands

Commands are issued by sending the command as a message to KD7DVD-6. Results will be sent via return message. (Some commands will respond with more than one message. You should limit your use of these commands and wait for all messages to be received before turning your radio off. This will prevent unnecessary retransmissions of unacknowledged messages.) Commands are not case sensitive.

This digipeater runs DIGI_NED and many of the default commands from that package will work. (And many will not. the LIST command will list all active commands.) As always, be mindful of bandwidth. If you wish to experiment, it's better to do so on the 9600-baud channel.

Please note this is an automated system. If you want to send me a personal message, send it to KD7DVD (home station) or KD7DVD-9 (car station).

WX [airport]

Returns 1 message

Reports temperature, pressure and wind at the requested airport. Airports must be specified using their 4-character ICAO designation. Example: WX KSEA reports weather at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

(ICAO codes for airports in the Lower 48 states are made up of the letter 'K' followed by the three-character FAA code. Canadian airports are made up of the letter C followed by their three-letter code. Alaska and Hawaii stations start with PA and PH followed by two more letters which may or may not match the FAA code.)

If the airport code is omitted, the default is KBFI (Boeing Field/King County International Airport) which is the closest station to downtown Seattle.

If you are using a Yaesu VX-8R, the command VWX should look better on your display.

TIDE

TI

Returns 1 message

Reports the current day's tide extremes at Colman Dock in downtown Seattle. Tide data provided by W7GHD.

HAZMAT code

HZ code

Returns 1 message

Returns the hazardous material description asociated with the 4-digit placard number in code

DATE

Returns 1 message

Returns the current date and time using the Gregorian calendar. (Actually, the date and time your command message was received.)

ODATE

OD

Returns 1 message

Returns current date and time using the Osburn Elapsed Calendar

MHEARD port

MH port

Returns up to 11 messages

MHEARD station

MH station

Returns 1 message

Returns a list of stations heard direcly by the digipeater following a header giving the number of stations heard. Up to the last 40 stations heard will be sent. You must supply a port number or a station callsign (with SSID); port 1 is the 1200 baud port on 144.39, port 2 is the 9600 baud port on 440.800.

If you list a call sign, the last time that station was received will be sent, along with the port number it was heard on.

DX port

Returns 3 messages

DX station

Returns 1 message

You must specify a port number or a station call sign (with SSID). If you list a port number, the digipeater will report the most distant station heard on that port for all time, in the last 24 hours, and in the last one hour in three separate messages. The distance in miles will be given and the call sign of the first runner up will be listed.

If you specify a call sign, the distance and bearing to that station will be returned in a single message.

POM

MOON

Returns 1 message

Returns the age of the moon, the percentage of the moon's face that's illuminated and an English description of the moon's phase.

IP

Returns 1 message

OP

Returns 1 message

PL

Returns 2 messages

Returns the current astrological positions of the planets. IP returns the positions of the SUn, MOon, MErcury, VEnus, MArs and the moon's NOde. OP returns the positions of JUpiter, SAturn, URanus, NEptune, PLuto and CHiron. PL retrieves both sets of planets at once, resulting in two messages being returned. The output looks like this:

SU29AR MO15AQ ME17TA VE29PI MA27PI no05aq
JU22AQ sa15vi UR24PI NE26AQ pl03cp CH25AQ

The signs are abbreviated ARies, TAurus, GEmini, CaNcer, LEo, VIrgo, LIbra, SCorpio, SAgittarius, CaPricorn, AQuarius and PIsces. If the reading is in lowercase, the planet is in retrograde motion.

The alert astrologer will recognize that since the outer planets move so slowly, separate commands for inner and outer planets will reduce network traffic. One request per week for the outer planets should be enough under normal conditions, while one inner planet request per day might be necessary.

The alert non-astrologer should realize that you never know what you might find useful at parties...