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APRS, Automatic Position Reporting System Net 12/04/08
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 11:51 am
by unwiredadventures
Imagine if you could track every vehicle on the screen of your laptop during an off road trip or event. This is the potential of APRS.
APRS: Automatic Position Reporting System, APRS is a system developed by Bob Bruninga, WB4APR, which uses amateur radio to transmit position reports, weather reports, and messages between users.
A general out line for discussion tonight:
-What is APRS?
-What benefit would APRS have when traveling with groups of vehicles.
-Types of equipment. Simple inexpensive to more elaborate systems with vehicle laptops.
-APRS over HF
Re: APRS, Automatic Position Reporting System Net 12/04/08
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 1:44 pm
by cruiserlarry
unwiredadventures wrote:Imagine if you could track every vehicle on the screen of your laptop during an off road trip or event. This is the potential of APRS.
APRS: Automatic Position Reporting System, APRS is a system developed by Bob Bruninga, WB4APR, which uses amateur radio to transmit position reports, weather reports, and messages between users.
A general out line for discussion tonight:
-What is APRS?
-What benefit would APRS have when traveling with groups of vehicles.
-Types of equipment. Simple inexpensive to more elaborate systems with vehicle laptops.
-APRS over HF
I'm looking forward to hearing as much as I can before I lose contact (I head north to go home and lose the repeater quickly).
Not to step on the net, but do you know if the Yaesu FTM-10M or FT857D (in vhf/uhf mode) have capacity to be used in an APRS system ?
Re: APRS, Automatic Position Reporting System Net 12/04/08
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 8:01 pm
by unwiredadventures
I'm not familiar with that radio. We'll talk about adding it to existing radios as well.
These have the capability built in:
Kenwood D700 and D710A mobile.
Kenwood D7A and Yaesu VX-8 HT's.
Re: APRS, Automatic Position Reporting System Net 12/04/08
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 8:08 pm
by cruiserlarry
Well, I'm planning on picking up a Yaesu VX-8R when they finally show up...
Re: APRS, Automatic Position Reporting System Net 12/04/08
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 2:36 pm
by brentbba
Sorry I missed this. I'm running a Yaesu FT-8800 in the truck and have a Garmin Streetpilot 2730. Haven't even begun to explore APRS yet. Handheld, I'll probably end up with the VX-6 or 7
Re: APRS, Automatic Position Reporting System Net 12/04/08
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 2:39 pm
by brentbba
cruiserlarry wrote:unwiredadventures wrote:Imagine if you could track every vehicle on the screen of your laptop during an off road trip or event. This is the potential of APRS.
APRS: Automatic Position Reporting System, APRS is a system developed by Bob Bruninga, WB4APR, which uses amateur radio to transmit position reports, weather reports, and messages between users.
A general out line for discussion tonight:
-What is APRS?
-What benefit would APRS have when traveling with groups of vehicles.
-Types of equipment. Simple inexpensive to more elaborate systems with vehicle laptops.
-APRS over HF
I'm looking forward to hearing as much as I can before I lose contact (I head north to go home and lose the repeater quickly).
Not to step on the net, but do you know if the Yaesu FTM-10M or FT857D (in vhf/uhf mode) have capacity to be used in an APRS system ?
Larry - can you hit a repeater closer to home that has Echolink? That would be one way to stay in touch with the net.