#!/bin/bash

# Ken's home lat/lon is 30°00.08' N 95°10.49' W

while true; do


##### Anchorage node 3483 

OBJ_NAME="Mr_Ken   "		# MUST be 9 character long including blank spaces between the quotes
SYMBOL="y"
NODE_STATUS_CHAR="/"        # / = primary symbol table   \ = alternate symbol table
COMMENT="Join us on IRLP 0070 Tech Chat any time of day!"  # charactors 46-80
LAT=3000.08N
LONG=09510.49W
APRS_CALL=ke5akc
APRS_PASS=12345
TIMESTAMP=`date -u +%d%H%M`z		# Format = DDHHMMz
OBJECT=";${OBJ_NAME}*${TIMESTAMP}${LAT}${NODE_STATUS_CHAR}${LONG}${SYMBOL}${COMMENT}"
BTEXT="$APRS_CALL>APVR30:${OBJECT}"
LOGIN="User $APRS_CALL pass $APRS_PASS vers IRLP-interface 1"
NC=/usr/bin/nc
echo -e "${LOGIN}\n${BTEXT}" | $NC -w 10 rotate.aprs2.net 14580    # &>/dev/null


sleep 200
done