1. DETARC/ARES ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
DETARC/ARES WEB SITE–
ARES PROCEDURES, LISTS– FORMS AND LISTS PAGE ON
DIRECT ORDER WEB SITES FOR DETARC BADGES & HATS—
BADGES HATS--
ARES INFORMATION FROM ARRL WE SITE–
ARES ITEMS FROM ARRL— PATCHES, SHIRTS, STICKERS, SIGNS–

2. 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

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

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

6. 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

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

8. HOW APRS WORKS-- the system
GPSs GENERATE LATITUDE-LONGITUDE COORDINATES– I.E N, 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 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-
DISCUSSES SYMBOLS IN MENU– THANKS KG5ODX
SOFTWARE CAN DISPLAY LOCAL POSITIONS ON COMPUTERS–
SMART PHONE APPS SEND DATA TO THE INTERNET AND DISPLAY RECEIVED
DATA FROM THE INTERNET ONLY (NO HAM RF)– BOTH IPHONE & ANDROID APPS

9. REFERENCES/WEB SITES
APRS BEGINNER’S GUIDE--
APRS.ORG--
APRS TRACKING SITES–
APRS CHOICES-- Good article
APRS DISPLAY SYMBOL CHART--
TRACKER KITS– MOBILINKD–
FOX DELTA--
BAOFENG APRS— QST MAY 2015 ARTICLE - THANKS MIKE KG5ODX– KITS INFO, CHOICE ARTICLE, AND BAOFENG INFO
YOUTUBE VIDEOS– MANY VIDEOS ON APRS

10. Aprs tracks october 9 & 10

13. KG5ODZ SCREEN SHOT-- IPHONE APRS APP

14. 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--

15. 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

16. 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

17. END OF SLIDES
QUESTIONS?
BY K0YY