DETARC/ARES ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS DETARC/ARES WEB SITE– WWW.DETARC.NET ARES PROCEDURES, LISTS– FORMS AND LISTS PAGE ON WWW.DETARC.NET DIRECT ORDER WEB SITES FOR DETARC BADGES & HATS— BADGES-- http://thesignman.com/clubs/detarcbadgecart.html HATS-- http://thesignman.com/clubs/detarchatcart.html ARES INFORMATION FROM ARRL WE SITE– WWW.ARRL.ORG/ARES ARES ITEMS FROM ARRL— PATCHES, SHIRTS, STICKERS, SIGNS– WWW.ARRL.ORG/SHOP

FUTURE DETARC PRESENTATION IDEAS QSL CARDS AND QSLING— CARDS, LOTW, EQSL, OUTGOING BURO, INCOMING BURO ANTENNAS— VHF/UHF & HF-- VERTICALS, COLINEAR, DIPOLES, YAGIS, BEVERAGES, HAND-HELDS TYPES OF COAX CABLE, TYPES OF CONNECTORS– SOLDERING/CRIMPING GROUNDS, GROUNDING -- RF, LIGHTNING, COUNTERPOISES DIGITAL OPERATIONS— PACKET, PSK31, RTTY, OLIVIA, JT65, WSJR, RMS SOFTWARE GENERAL CLASS LICENSE STUDY NEWER VHF/UHF TECHNOLOGY—DSTAR, MOTO-TURBO, VHF DXING HF DXING AWARDS—DXCC, VUCC, WAS, IOTA, COUNTY HUNTING CONTESTING HAM RADIO TOOLS— VOMS. SWR METERS, ANTENNA ANALYZERS, HAND TOOLS HAM RADIO ACCESSORIES—ANTENNA TUNERS, POWER SUPPLIES, ANTENNA SWITCHES, LIGHTNING ARRESTORS

AUTOMATIC PACKET REPORTING SYSTEM BY K0YY APRS AN OVERVIEW AUTOMATIC PACKET REPORTING SYSTEM BY K0YY

APRS A PREVIEW WHAT IS APRS SAMPLE APRS TRACKS DESCRIPTION OF WHAT WWW.APRS.FI SHOWS DESCRIPTION OF HOW THE APRS SYSTEM WORKS REFERENCES SOME HAM EQUIPMENT USED FOR APRS EQUIPMENT SETTINGS SUMMARY

WHAT IS APRS APRS IS A SYSTEM PRIMARILY USED BY HAMS FOR VEHICLE TRACKING OTHER HAM STATIONS ALSO BEACON TO SHOW THEIR LOCATION --WEATHER STATIONS, DIGIs, IGATEs, HOME STATIONS, SKYWARN FIELD MEMBERS, AND SEARCH AND RESCUE (SAR) FIELD MEMBERS LIMITED MESSAGING CAPABILITY TERMS DIGI– DIGIPEATER– A REPEATER FOR PACKET/APRS DATA IGATE– INTERNET GATEWAY-- AN INTERFACE FROM RF INTO THE INTERNET BEACON– TO TRANSMIT POSITION DATA GPS– GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM— SATELLITES COVERING THE EARTH

K0YY-9 AROUND LUFKIN SHOWN ON WWW.APRS.FI

HOW APRS WORKS-- the system GPSs GENERATE LATITUDE-LONGITUDE COORDINATES– I.E. 31.337 N, 94.726 W TNCs INTERFACE BETWEEN GPS RECEIVER AND RADIO— GPS SENDS NMEA FORMAT POSITION DATA & LABELS (CALL SIGNS ETC) ARE SENT VIA A SPECIAL PACKET FORMAT RADIOs TRANSMIT/RECEIVE ON VHF 144.390 MHZ SIMPLEX DIGIPEATERs PICK UP SIGNALS AND RELAY APRS TRANSMISSIONS LOCALLY IGATEs SEND APRS DATA TO INTERNET– DETARC HAS HIGH LEVEL IGATE– W5IRP-10 WEB SITEs DISPLAY APRS POSITION DATA VIA THE INTERNET- WWW.APRS.FI WWW.APRSDIRECT.COM DISCUSSES SYMBOLS IN MENU– THANKS KG5ODX SOFTWARE CAN DISPLAY LOCAL POSITIONS ON COMPUTERS– WWW.UIVIEW.NET SMART PHONE APPS SEND DATA TO THE INTERNET AND DISPLAY RECEIVED DATA FROM THE INTERNET ONLY (NO HAM RF)– BOTH IPHONE & ANDROID APPS

REFERENCES/WEB SITES APRS BEGINNER’S GUIDE-- http://k9dci.home.comcast.net/ APRS.ORG-- www.aprs.org/ APRS TRACKING SITES– www.aprs.fi; www.aprsdirect.com APRS CHOICES-- www.wcares.org/special-interests-3/aprs/ Good article APRS DISPLAY SYMBOL CHART-- http://wa8lmf.net/miscinfo/APRS_Symbol_Chart_Rev-H.pdf TRACKER KITS– MOBILINKD– http://www.mobilinkd.com/?gclid=CPj2-Iq-vM8CFQcFaQoddTQG7w FOX DELTA-- http://foxdelta.com/shopping/foxtrak.htm BAOFENG APRS— QST MAY 2015 ARTICLE - THANKS MIKE KG5ODX– KITS INFO, CHOICE ARTICLE, AND BAOFENG INFO YOUTUBE VIDEOS– MANY VIDEOS ON APRS

Aprs tracks october 9 & 10

KG5ODZ SCREEN SHOT-- IPHONE APRS APP

EQUIPMENT USED FOR APRS OPERATION KENWOOD/YAESU MOBILES/HANDHELDS– SOME MODELS HAVE BUILT IN TNCs ANY VHF RADIO WITH DATA PORT/COMMERCIAL CABLE AND EXTERNAL TNC; OR RADIO AND HANDMADE CABLES FROM SPEAKER/MIC JACKS TO EXTERNAL TNC HAM KITS– FOX DELTA, MOBILINKD, TNC-X TNCs-- TINY TRACKER, MFJ, USB SIGNAL LINK, TIMEWAVE, KANTRONICS, PicoAPRS, RASBERRY PI; (DATA CABLES ARE NEEDED TO INTERCONNECT— SEE BELOW) GPS RECEIVERs– GARMIN, TOMTOM, AVMAP, GARMIN HOCKEY PUCKS SMART PHONES/APRS APPS INTERFACE CABLES-- https://www.packetradio.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=4 http://www.rpc-electronics.com/trackercables.php http://www.mfjenterprises.com/Categories.php?sub=0&ref=10

Key EQUIPMENT SETTINGS PACKET STRING FORMAT– NMEA OR NMEA 0183 GROUP– “PUBLIC”; FOR EMERGENCIES– “EMCOMM” (TO LIMIT TO ONLY EMCOMM) SEE APRS FOR BEGINNERS PACKET PATH– “WIDE1-1, WIDE2-1”– PROVIDES TWO “HOPS” VIA DIGIS MOBILES– “CALLSIGN-9”, = K0YY-9; CELL PHONES– “CALLSIGN-10” OTHERS-- SEE SYMBOLS REFERENCE SITE EARLIER PACKET SPEED– 1200 BAUD BEACON INTERVAL– 2 OR 3 MINUTES IF MOVING, LONGER IF STATIONARY

Comments/SUMMARY APRS IS PRIMARILY USED FOR VEHICLE TRACKING THERE IS A LIMITED MESSAGING CAPABILITY PERSONAL WEATHER STATIONS, SAR STATIONS AND OTHERS FREQUENTLY BEACON TO SHOW THEIR LOCATIONS APRS IS VERY USEFUL FOR EVENTS AND INCIDENTS WHERE REAL TIME LOCATION OF STATIONS IS NEEDED

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