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TAPR APRS Special Interest Group Digest for Wednesday, April 09, 2003.
1. It's Baker to Vegas Time Again
2. Re: WAPaprs - APRS on a cell phone
3. Re: It's Baker to Vegas Time Again
4. RE: WAPaprs - APRS on a cell phone
5. Findu, a slight error...
6. RE: WAPaprs - APRS on a cell phone
7. PCSAT in full ops mode.
8. Re: It's Baker to Vegas Time Again
9. RE: PCSAT in full ops mode.
10. RE: PCSAT in full ops mode.
11. RE: PCSAT in full ops mode.
12. Slightly OT: CelebrateLifeRun.com
13. RE: PCSAT in full ops mode.
14. RE: Another "APRS" like AVL solution or APRS on a Cell Phone...
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Subject: It's Baker to Vegas Time Again
From: "Ralph G. Sbragia, CSP" <sbragiar@artbyanne.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 22:26:35 -0700
X-Message-Number: 1
Hello everyone,
I noticed a message sent to one of our beacon boxes (found it list on
find-u.com) that gave me some cause for concern. I thought I would take a
moment to remind some and inform others as to what is going on in Southern
California right now.
This weekend is the annual law enforcement invitational relay race known as
the Baker to Vegas Challenge Cup (www.bakervegas.com)
Some of the teams are supported via APRS to allow the team command post to
track where on the 120 mile desert course their runner (and follow vehicle)
is.
To aid in maintaining order on the network that is set up to get the data
from the desert to civilization, all teams are assigned a specific slot
time. The mycall and myremote command lines are changed to a tactical call
(the team number and the letter T) to allow for easier identification by
non-hams when viewing the information on the web. In addition, specific
support vehicles also utilize tactical calls for the race.
Each box transmits a beacon text which includes the owners call sign every 9
minutes. These packets are transmitted via the "CQ" protocol which means
they are not picked up and sent to the internet. (The FCC regulations do
not require that a stations identification announcement be transmitted
anywhere except locally) This reduces network loading and eliminates our
need to "slot" ID beacons while keeping all of the machines legal. If you
are really interested in the call sign assigned to a specific beacon, please
check the OCRACES web site (www.ocraces.org) and you will find a complete
listing by tactical call sign and beacon slot number. You can also read
additional information about our overall communications efforts for this
years event.
Anyone interested in watching the race can monitor either of the two web
pages linked at the OCRACES web site or the page at aprsca.net
(b2v.aprsca.net).
73 & regards to all,
Sgt. Ralph G. Sbragia, CSP (W6CSP)
County of Orange RACES
2003 Baker to Vegas Event Coordinator
w6csp@ocraces.org
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Subject: Re: WAPaprs - APRS on a cell phone
From: Ken Collins <g4fip@btinternet.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 09:00:22 +0100
X-Message-Number: 2
In article <LYR26201-127962-2003.04.08-23.53.25--g4fip#btinternet.com@li
sts.tapr.org>, Rich Parry <rparry@actionware.sdcoxmail.com> writes
>I announced WAPaprs a few months ago. For those new to the list or for
>those who just got a web enabled cell phone, I thought I would remind
>folks. Enjoy!
I had forgotten, so thanks for the reminder. Just checked it out via my
'phone and it works great. :-)
--
Ken Collins - G4FIP
E-mail:- g4fip@btinternet.com
http://www.btinternet.com/~g4fip
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Subject: Re: It's Baker to Vegas Time Again
From: Steve Dimse <k4hg@tapr.org>
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 07:59:40 -0400
X-Message-Number: 3
On 4/8/03 at 10:26 PM sbragiar@artbyanne.com (Ralph G. Sbragia, CSP) sent:
>Anyone interested in watching the race can monitor either of the two web
>pages linked at the OCRACES web site or the page at aprsca.net
>(b2v.aprsca.net).
Or the findU page, which shows leg position and distance:
http://b2v.findu.com
Steve K4HG
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Subject: RE: WAPaprs - APRS on a cell phone
From: "Ramon F. Kolb" <ramon@ieee.org>
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 08:26:16 -0400
X-Message-Number: 4
I tried this a few times, using a SonyEricsson T68i at T-Mobile here in the
US, and it's NEAT!
A couple of remarks/questions, though:
- Most WAP gateays don't allow pictures larger than about 3 kb. This
precludes me from displaying any color maps :(
- Maybe you can shorten the URL by getting a redirect like go.to or tinyurl?
Do these work for WAP pages? It's quite a pain typing in the URL using my
phone keypad... However, once it's in, you can add it to your bookmarks to
allow you to return to the page easily!
Keep it up, I think it's a real cool application!
-Ramon
Ramon F. Kolb, KX1T, PA3EUG, Boston, MA, USA [FN42KI]
ICQ:77117744; MSNMGR:legalalien30@hotmail.com
http://kx1t.webhop.org
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Subject: Findu, a slight error...
From: T C <boytroy54@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 05:35:21 -0700 (PDT)
X-Message-Number: 5
I don't want to sound "nit picking" but findu shows my current position
about 700 ft south of my location.
W8TCC-4 44.743833 -85.536667 H/=APRS+SA, on the Beautiful
East Bay. 2003/04/09 12:21:21 I:APS221,TCPIP*
the above is the position that i have entered into APRS+SA and when I go to
findu, i should be near the beach of East Bay. north of highway US31...
Actually not bad for location, east to west but nort to south is slightly
off. I used a garmin 12 to locate myself from the third floor balcony.
three sat. location. Maybe a slight error for alt. and number of sats.
Is that the case... if so I can understand.
73 de w8tcc, troy
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Subject: RE: WAPaprs - APRS on a cell phone
From: "Lee Inman" <leei@direcway.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 06:44:00 -0600
X-Message-Number: 6
Ramon,
>-----Original Message-----
>From: bounce-aprssig-29692@lists.tapr.org [mailto:bounce-aprssig-
>29692@lists.tapr.org] On Behalf Of Ramon F. Kolb
>Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 6:26 AM
>To: TAPR APRS Special Interest Group
>Subject: [aprssig] RE: WAPaprs - APRS on a cell phone
>
>I tried this a few times, using a SonyEricsson T68i at T-Mobile here in the
>US, and it's NEAT!
>
>A couple of remarks/questions, though:
>-Most WAP gateays don't allow pictures larger than about 3 kb. This
>precludes me from displaying any color maps :(
>-Maybe you can shorten the URL by getting a redirect like go.to or
>tinyurl?
<SNIP>
Try putting your URL through www.makeashorterlink.com first. I haven't tried
it with my phone, but it seems that the redirect would work fine here as
well.
-Lee
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Subject: PCSAT in full ops mode.
From: Bob Bruninga <bruninga@usna.edu>
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 08:44:53 -0400 (EDT)
X-Message-Number: 7
PCSAT is fully operational having entered full sun and having been
restored by our VK command station, VK2XGJ:
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 18:29:32 +1000
From: John Simon <simonjr@ozemail.com.au>
OK Bob we've got her. On the first pass this afternoon 0715Z approx I
managed to re-config Side A only. On the 0810Z pass I got a full
re-config on both sides. Setting Ctrl B Off first then a full re-config.
Side B set to W3ADO-1.
73, John de VK2XGJ
VK2XGJ, VK's last Satellite Gateway
The early bird may get the worm
but the second mouse gets the cheese!
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Subject: Re: It's Baker to Vegas Time Again
From: Miller Scott Contr 30SCS/FTI <Scott.Miller@vandenberg.af.mil>
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 15:37:49 -0000
X-Message-Number: 8
That's pretty impressive - don't those runners change leg positions multiple
times per second? =]
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Dimse [mailto:k4hg@tapr.org]
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 5:00 AM
To: TAPR APRS Special Interest Group
Cc: TAPR APRS Special Interest Group
Subject: [aprssig] Re: It's Baker to Vegas Time Again
On 4/8/03 at 10:26 PM sbragiar@artbyanne.com (Ralph G. Sbragia, CSP) sent:
>Anyone interested in watching the race can monitor either of the two web
>pages linked at the OCRACES web site or the page at aprsca.net
>(b2v.aprsca.net).
Or the findU page, which shows leg position and distance:
http://b2v.findu.com
Steve K4HG
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Subject: RE: PCSAT in full ops mode.
From: Miller Scott Contr 30SCS/FTI <Scott.Miller@vandenberg.af.mil>
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 15:50:34 -0000
X-Message-Number: 9
Bob, is there a web page that describes the PCSAT command station network,
or could you explain it to us here? Is it just a group of operators with
control authority scattered around the globe with their own equipment, or
are the stations interconnected to allow remote access?
My ground station is already configured to automatically determine when
PCSAT is coming over the horizon, and it can change frequencies and
reconfigure itself to act as a satgate. One of these days I hope to have a
fully automated az/el tracking setup and all band/all mode capability. When
that's in place, I'd be more than happy to allow controllers to access my
station remotely. Is the amsat community doing this sort of thing yet?
I've seen references to a distributed ground station network but I haven't
been able to find any real info on it.
Scott
N1VG
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