WA7V.COM FAQs (frequently-asked questions)

Well, no, it's not actually broken, but ALWGW's 44.12.3.128 source packets are being filtered by the ISP. The ISP does not recognize ALWGW's AmprNet address as belonging to its own network. This practice is becoming more common nowadays, as ISPs are taking steps to ensure that hosts from their networks are not spoofing IPs from other networks. This is normally a good thing, but it poses a problem for AmprNet systems.

In ALWGW's case, you should be able to connect to the net-44 address if you are coming from another AmprNet system. The 44.x -> 44.x packets will be encapsulated (e.g. tunneled) inside of frames with standard commercial IPs.

If you are not coming from another AmprNet system, you'll need to use ALWGW's commercial hostname or IP, which is gw.wa7v.com or 192.147.172.251. This will provide you with the same service that you would have gotten from wa7v.ampr.org / 44.12.3.128. Note: Users' email addresses remain callsign@wa7v.ampr.org, regardless of how you connect.

All of the nodes mentioned in this question are accessible o­n 144.970 MHz, at 1200 baud.

ALW is a mountaintop node at Spout Springs, Oregon, and covers much of northeast Oregon and southeast Washington -- farther if you have the right equipment at your shack.

ALWGW, ALWHUB, and ALWBBS are pretty much limited to the Walla Walla Valley area, and o­nly have their wider-area access by way of ALW, and its 223- and 440-MHz network links and user uplinks. If you can reliably reach any of the 2m or 70cm nodes direct, then please feel free to do so.