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Today's Topics:
1. RE: GPS from Sprint data card (Frank Keeney)
2. Re: RE: [aprssig] GPS from Sprint data card (Bennett, Joe)
3. New Local Info Initiative (Robert Bruninga)
4. RE: GPS from Sprint data card (Earl Needham)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 11:11:18 -0800
From: "Frank Keeney" <kg6jve_at_gmail.com>
Subject: RE: [aprssig] GPS from Sprint data card
Verizon will do that.
So far I've heard of no reports about Sprint doing this.
Frank
KG6JVE
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Scott Miller
>
>And Verizon has a very limited definition of 'unlimited'.
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 17:15:34 -0600
From: "Bennett, Joe" <ka3nam_at_daminternet.biz>
Subject: Re: RE: [aprssig] GPS from Sprint data card
They will too... Read the fine print, that goes for all carriers...
-Joe
KA3NAM
>Verizon will do that.
>
>So far I've heard of no reports about Sprint doing this.
>
>Frank
>KG6JVE
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Scott Miller
>>
>>And Verizon has a very limited definition of 'unlimited'.
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-Joe
KA3NAM
http://www.damtravel.com
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:56:17 -0500
From: "Robert Bruninga" <bruninga_at_usna.edu>
Subject: [aprssig] New Local Info Initiative
This is the launch of the New Local Info Initiative.
During my 1800 mile round trip last weekend, I discovered that most
digipeaters have not implemented the recommendations of the New-N Paradigm
to include the local Voice repeater info in the beacon text of their local
digipeaters. These objects are supposed to show up on the front panel of
the traveler's radio so he can see what frequency is recommended in that
area that he is passing through.
Without this info, the passing traveler has no clue where to tune his voice
radio, and the ARRL repeater directory is practically useless because it
lists 10,s of thousands of repeaters that in most areas have no one
listening. The objective of the transmission of an APRS
local-repeater-object is to tell the passing traveler exactly what
one-and-only-one local repeater is best for the visiting traveler to either
find someone, get local info, or find a QSO on APRS. See the web page:
http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/localinfo.html
It is important to note, that this info can be provided at no cost to the
network and will not interfere nor collide with any other APRS traffic. It
is a free no-load part of APRS. The reason it is a non interfering
addition, is because it is originated at the digipeater which is listening
to the channel and will only transmit the object when the channel is
otherwise empty. This pushing of locally valuable info to travelers was
part of the concept of APRS going back in the 1980's but seems to have been
lost in recent APRS usage which only seems to be focused on mobile vehicle
tracking. APRS is supposed to be much much more.
APRS is supposed to be the single local resource for all local information
of IMMEDIATE interest to the local user. This does NOT mean SPAM from out
of area. This is direct information in SIMPLEX range of local users
informing them of assets available to them and local activities going on
right now.
I have seen some of these repeaters on the air, but many of them are
implemented as objects from home clients and using the clients default
multi-hop path. I was driving down I-81 in Virginia and got a 440 repeater
object from over 100 miles away in a different state. This is simply QRM
and of no value to anyone. Please, only implement these local voice
repeater objects at the digi, and ONLY if the voice repeater really is the
one-and-only one that you would recommend to a traveler in simplex range of
it.
Anyway, this is a powerful part of APRS. I think it is time we start
getting it implemented properly. If you havent seen how these objects
appear to the traveler on his D7 or D700, please see the web page above.
Thanks
Bob, WB4APR
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:02:09 -0700
From: Earl Needham <needhame1_at_plateautel.net>
Subject: RE: [aprssig] GPS from Sprint data card
At 08:52 AM 1/16/2007, Frank Keeney wrote:
>Which Sprint card is this from?
The Novatel Merlin S720.
7 3
Earl
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