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Subject: Re: APRS and Skywarn
From: "Joel Black" <w4jbb@charter.net>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 05:19:27 -0600
X-Message-Number: 6
Thanks for the info and the suggestions from all that responded.
73,
Joel B. Black
w4jbb@charter.net
http://webpages.charter.net/w4jbb
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Subject: PayPal to AMSAT for APRS
From: Bob Bruninga <bruninga@usna.edu>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 09:43:25 -0500 (EST)
X-Message-Number: 7
On Thu, 8 Jan 2004, Arthur H Feller advised that AMSAT now can accept
PAYPAL contributions to the ECHO Satellite (that can support APRS ops):
>PayPal [is now] in place at AMSAT...Merchant name is: AMSAT.
>Email address is martha@amsat.org
>Phone if you need it is (301) 589-6062
They need $64K before launch in late March
When this high-tech digital AMSAT makes it reliably to orbit, we will have
a nice long term tansponder to finally give us reliable global
connectivity. Part of that connectivity can be APRS, but the degree to
which it will support APRS is not just based on how loudly we demonstrate
our application, but probably more so on how much we contribute...
In space and on Earth,
what goes around
comes around, etc...
de WB4APR, Bob
ECHO-APRS ideas: http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/echoaprs.html
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Subject: Re: 571Mph wind?
From: "Pkarp" <kd5aay@karpfamily.net>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 09:46:55 -0500
X-Message-Number: 8
On 1/8/04 at 12:10 AM Neil Lauritsen <neil-w4nhl@verizon.net> sent:
>>These unusual high wind speeds are usually seen because RF gets into the WX
>>station hardware. It is not a software problem.
Yes RF causes many problems with WX stations. With my Davis it would spike
the Temp every time I transmitted. This is something everyone with a WX
stations should check on.
>Not in this case. As I posted, the weather data from this station is improperly
>formatted, having dropped the leading zeros that are required by the APRS spec.
>The fact that all the packets from this station contain this error indicates it
>is a programming error, not an rf problem:
>http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/errorlist.cgi?call=W2WSF&last=999
Thanks for the link. I just checked out my call and had no bad packets.
This will come in handy from time to time. And Thanks for the time you put
into creating it.
Had anyone contacted W2WSF on this issue? It would be helpful to find out
why he is transmitting these errors.
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Subject: Unable to locate station, any help?
From: "Michael J. Wolthuis" <wolthui3@msu.edu>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 10:59:28 -0500
X-Message-Number: 9
http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/find.cgi?aprs
This station is almost directly down the street from me. It is not
going out on RF, but appears to be something incorrectly setup. I want
to find and help this station, but a drive to the exact location turns
up a swamp and no antennas or computers.
Please if you are in the Grand Rapids, Michigan area check and see if
you recognize anything of this. If you are not, any suggestions how to
find this?
Mike
Kb8zgl
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Subject: APRS Sketch of Global Connectivity
From: Bob Bruninga <bruninga@usna.edu>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 11:04:42 -0500 (EST)
X-Message-Number: 10
To try to describe the Global reach of APRS via handheld's, I sketched the
following image:
Global APRS: http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/echo/GlobalAPRS.bmp
If there is a better single sketch that trys to depict the global reach
of APRS, I'd be interested in seeing it or using it. Thanks. Comes in
handy during APRS talks...
Bob
P.S., I added it to the middle of my ECHO web page.
ECHO-APRS ideas: http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/echoaprs.html
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Subject: Re: APRS and ISS SatGates
From: "Phil Pacier, AD6NH" <ad6nh@arrl.net>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 15:38:58
X-Message-Number: 11
And just a reminder, you can setup a SatGate server to connect to
socal.aprs2.net:10150 to send the data. You will not receive any data on
that port unless a message is sent directly to your station. That way, you
effectively committ zero download bandwidth for your SatGate. It's a good
choice for unmonitored SatGates or people who have a SatGate as a secondary
APRS program. Contact me if you need help setting up your SatGate!
73
Phillip Pacier - AD6NH
http://www.aprsca.net
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Subject: Feb Circuit Cellar
From: "Sadowski, Allan" <allan.sadowski@ncshp.org>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 16:47:08 -0500
X-Message-Number: 12
Have an article on vehicle tracking....
Also another design contest using ATMEL (AVR) processors...
FYI
ALOHA
AH6LS
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Subject: RE: Any way to limit range of rcvd stations using internet
From: "hasan schiers" <schiers@netins.net>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 15:40:11 -0600
X-Message-Number: 13
Afilter has its uses, but to simply restrict the amount of data received and
displayed, the java filtered ports are much better, because they filter the
data at the source, thus reducing the amount of data your computer has to
process in the first place. Afilter, unless it has changed a lot since I
last used it, still takes all the data from whatever server you connect to,
and then filters it. That's a lot of work (and data bandwidth) for no
benefit IF all you need is to restrict the rx and displayed data.
Afilter will do a lot more things and do them well...but if you don't need
them, then you are better off with the java filtered ports.
....hasan, N0AN
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Subject: Vicinity tracking without GPS
From: Bob Bruninga <bruninga@usna.edu>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 20:12:33 -0500 (EST)
X-Message-Number: 14
Cleaning out old mail:
>Here is an example of the value of NOID in all DIGIS:
>
>My wife headed for Gramma's house and I turned on the D700 in her car,
>but forgot to enable the GPS. So although her car reports in our
>driveway in every packet, I have been able to follow her across two
>states just by looking at the 1st digi in the path on FINDU.
>
>Just checking the location of each digi as she passes by, I can tell
>within +/- 20 miles or so of where she is (Intersection of DIGI's PHG
>circle with her ROUTE)
>
>Once the first digi in her path gets to be the local digi in Gramma's
>town, I know she has probably arrived there...
>
>The path she is using is via RELAY,WIDE,TRACE
>
>For just general tracking for long distance travels, this technique
>requires no GPS and with just a timer powered TNC, you could make a
>battery powered device that would send out a packet once every 10 minutes
>that would fit in a cigarette pack and last a month on AA cells... and
>track it anywhere in the "aprs" world...
>
>de WB4APR@amsat.org, Bob
Maybe we need an APRS format defined that means "I have no positioning
device, track me by my vicinity to the nearest digipeater... my path is
WIDE,WIDE2-2"... Maybe placing "NOGPS" at the beginning of the status
text?
But APRSdos does not need this, becuse it will automatically make such a
vicinity plot on any station for which it has no posit.
Ohwell...
BOb
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Subject: Epoxy for coating circuit cards
From: "Daron J. Wilson" <daron@wilson.org>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 19:19:39 -0800
X-Message-Number: 15
I have a Rand McNally GPS designed for sitting on the dash board that I
use for APRS. For a better view, I would like mount this on the ladder
rack of my truck. The case is actually pretty well designed, but I
thought it wise to spray the board with an epoxy first. We routinely
install metering and telemetry equipment with this spray on the circuit
cards, it costs another $10 or so when you order the product, and seems
to be worth it.
So...what is it? And can I just get a spray can and apply it to the GPS
board for some protection?
N7HQR
Daron J. Wilson, RCDD ) )
Telecom Manager ( (
LH Morris Electric, Inc. ) )
(541) 265-8067 office _|****| mmm!
(541) 265-7652 fax ( | | coffee!
(541) 270-5886 cellular \| |
daron.wilson@lhmorris.com |____|
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Subject: Re: Vicinity tracking without GPS
From: wes@johnston.net
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 22:51:00 -0500 (EST)
X-Message-Number: 16
My kenwood won't TX without a position (ie GPS running). How did your's TX
with no posit?
Wes
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