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Subject: New Delorme GPS with USB
From: Phil Reed <preed@dnaco.net>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 17:34:54 -0400
X-Message-Number: 7
Just got a sales email from Delorme. They have announced a new version of
their Earthmate GPS receivers. This one is powered by USB, with future
options for Bluetooth. http://www.delorme.com/earthmate/default.asp
(Note: I have no further info, nor have I ordered one. Just passing this
along.)
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...phil / w8sca
"For a list of all the ways technology has failed
to improve the quality of life, press 3."
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Subject: Pizza Bash-Dayton
From: rwf <rwf@bsrg.org>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 18:32:37 -0400
X-Message-Number: 8
Anyone know if one is planned?
It would be a shame to not see all of you again this year.
K9APR- have you thought about planning it again?
Ralph N4NEQ
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Subject: MapBlast Assimilated !
From: Neil Johnson <njohnsn@njohnsn.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 19:54:45 -0500
X-Message-Number: 9
I just noticed that access http://www.mapblast.com now redirects you to
http://mappoint.msn.com .
Further investigation into the site uncovers "mappoint.net" which looks like
M$ is going to begin charging sites to use their data.
Didn't see anything in the TOS yet, though.
Sigh. "Resistance is futile".
--
Neil Johnson
http://www.njohnsn.com
PGP key available on request.
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Subject: Re: Opening up the proverbial can o' worms - baaack to it and opening
it wider
From: Bill Vodall <wa7nwp@jnos.org>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 18:08:49 -0700
X-Message-Number: 10
Lets see...
Part 15. Unlicensed. No real restrictions. 11,000,000 bits per second or
better. Encryption ok. Business use ok. No hassles. No worries. Standard
TCP protocols. Basic hardware starts at $50 or so. 10 to 20 DB signal
below Amateur Standard levels. Simple handshaking built in to reduce
hidden transmitter effects. Modern Spread Spectrum modulation. Extensive
spectrum reuse.
U.S. Part 97 Amateur Radio. Licensed. Test required. 1200 bits per
second standard. Even soft encryption like ROT13 (which is far easier to
learn to decode by eye then CW) is forbidden. Hassles. Threats of losing
license if some "non-licensed" individual should cause the transmitter to
come on the air. Minimum system - HT + sound card interface - would be $150
or so... Lots of power. Some more sophisticated systems developed (DAMA)
but not widely used. At least not in the U.S.. Most data is AFSK - and
that's not a good thing. Large percentage of spectrum allocated to
dedicated stations which are seldom used.
Of course there are big differences between communications at 144 MHz and
2450 MHz. Still, it's interesting to consider that the folks with supposed
better training and licensing are subject to far stricter controls then
systems purchased off the shelf by consumers.
I propose that if Amateur Radio is to have a hope of persisting as a useful
service - one of the essential changes is to totally eliminate the
restriction on encryption. It's already one of those areas where there
are effective means to get around it if desired. Keeping the restriction
on the books only serves to make the service less useful for groups and
organizations that could otherwise benefit from it. It may well be that
without secure data transfer, Amateur Radio does simply become an
educational arena focusing on obsolete technologies.
It would be real interesting, IM!HO, if the groups with experience in the
rules and regulations arena - such as the ARRL and TAPR - were to propose
and lobby for this change.
How's that for letting the worms out of the can?
73,
Bill - WA7NWP
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Subject: Re: MapBlast Assimilated !
From: Gerry Creager N5JXS <gerry.creager@tamu.edu>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 20:13:46 -0500
X-Message-Number: 11
I hate that butterfly. Moth?
gerry n5jxs
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Gerry Creager -- gerry.creager@tamu.edu
Network Engineering -- AATLT, Texas A&M University
Cell: 979.229.5301 Office: 979.458.4020 FAX: 979.847.8578
Page: 979.228.0173
Office: 903A Eller Bldg, TAMU, College Station, TX 77843
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Subject: Pizza Bash
From: James Smith <k9apr@tawg.org>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 20:39:39 -0500
X-Message-Number: 12
Ralph, et all,
Well I have been extremely busy as of late, and I ran into to several
problems on trying to get this set up at my workplace. FAA rules have
got pretty tuff since last yr. which was a automatic red flag to the
companies position. Which in the end I lost the the bid... Go figure,
but hey we always have Marion's. Which I will call Thur or Fri.. I
realize it is a bit noisy, but on such short notice it will do... Now I
also realize several people get upset that it is at marion's. But we
don't have to pay for this area anywhere else we would. We can discuss
at this get together renting somewhere else in 2004... Or we could do
what TAPR does? which isn't a bad deal.. What do you think?
History lesson
1992 the release of APRS by Bob (wb4apr)
1992 the start of the start of the Tri-State APRS Working Group
1993 the first APRS pizza party..
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73, James, K9APR Webmaster
Chairman \ Coordinator Indiana Repeater Council
Tri-State APRS Working Group http://www.ircinc.org
http://www.tawg.org
mailto:k9apr@tawg.org
Run a APRS Website? Why not join the APRS Webring. http://www.tawg.org/join.htm
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