s and Texts with APRS K7DCC July 18, 2015

Send an Owned and maintained by Keith Sproul WU2Z Message must start with the recipient’s address and can go up to 67 characters -2 Maintained by AE5PL Anecdotal evidence indicates this service is more reliable than WLNK-1 SP Your message /EX WLNK-1 SMS Addressed in the YouTube video “Send Winlink messages through APRS”

Here’s what these methods look like on the recipient’s side:

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WLNK-1 SP

WLNK-1 SMS

Receive an Establish an account with APRSmail and they will forward messages to you in APRS sent

Send a Text Message through APRS Send an APRS message to: SMSGTE The message should look like

Receive a Text Message through APRS Send text message to the SMSGTE phone number* Message should and continue with the short message. You forgot your cell phone * The owner of SMSGTE has not published the gateway’s phone number on the Internet and has asked instead that APRS users text themselves to reveal the phone number.

Request Delivery Confirmation To get an automated acknowledgement, simply add a question mark to the destination address. From From

Send a Map to a Cellphone User Send an APRS message to: SMSGTE The message should look like this: #mapme Recipient’s phone number

Use Aliases to Protect SMS Numbers First, associate your phone number with your callsign: SMSGTE #mynumber add Text the following to SMSGTE phone number: #alias add Ex: #alias add wife can be used instead

For more information on texting, visit smsgte.wix.com/smsgte

Winlink is a trademark of the Amateur Radio Safety Foundation, Inc. APRS is a trademark of APRS Software and Bob Bruninga, WB4APR