1. APRS is a registered trademark Bob Bruninga, WB4APR Copyright © 2003 – Peter Loveall AE5PL All Rights Reserved APRSPoint An Introduction

2. APRS is a registered trademark Bob Bruninga, WB4APR Copyright © 2003 – Peter Loveall AE5PL All Rights Reserved Features Integrated, detailed and zoomable street-level maps for North America and Europe Ability to track multiple stations on the map simultaneously Station signal range plot Ability to filter reports by multiple criteria APRS messaging support

3. APRS is a registered trademark Bob Bruninga, WB4APR Copyright © 2003 – Peter Loveall AE5PL All Rights Reserved Features Easy and intuitive interface Support for AGWPE Printable, searchable and routable maps Support of GPS or Kenwood radio with GPS Support of Peet Bros. weather stations QRZ.com integration

4. APRS is a registered trademark Bob Bruninga, WB4APR Copyright © 2003 – Peter Loveall AE5PL All Rights Reserved Basic Configurations RF –TNC –AGWPE –Kenwood Radios (D700 & D7) Internet Client Weather Station

5. APRS is a registered trademark Bob Bruninga, WB4APR Copyright © 2003 – Peter Loveall AE5PL All Rights Reserved Applications Home Station Mobile Station Weather Station

6. APRS is a registered trademark Bob Bruninga, WB4APR Copyright © 2003 – Peter Loveall AE5PL All Rights Reserved System Requirements Windows 98 or greater MapPoint 2002 North America or Europe (can be purchased at a discount with APRSPoint) TNC-2 or AGWPE for RF operation

7. APRS is a registered trademark Bob Bruninga, WB4APR Copyright © 2003 – Peter Loveall AE5PL All Rights Reserved Mapping

8. APRS is a registered trademark Bob Bruninga, WB4APR Copyright © 2003 – Peter Loveall AE5PL All Rights Reserved Tracking

9. APRS is a registered trademark Bob Bruninga, WB4APR Copyright © 2003 – Peter Loveall AE5PL All Rights Reserved Filtering

10. APRS is a registered trademark Bob Bruninga, WB4APR Copyright © 2003 – Peter Loveall AE5PL All Rights Reserved Messaging

11. APRS is a registered trademark Bob Bruninga, WB4APR Copyright © 2003 – Peter Loveall AE5PL All Rights Reserved Settings

12. APRS is a registered trademark Bob Bruninga, WB4APR Copyright © 2003 – Peter Loveall AE5PL All Rights Reserved APRS Path Settings RELAY – Only use as first entry in path WIDE – Should only appear once as first or second entry WIDEn-n – Should only appear once as first or second entry TRACEn-n –For temporary experimentation only GATE – Means “gate packet to HF” NOGATE, RFONLY – Mean “don’t gate to Internet” TCPIP, TCPXX, qXX – APRS-IS only

13. APRS is a registered trademark Bob Bruninga, WB4APR Copyright © 2003 – Peter Loveall AE5PL All Rights Reserved Recommended Paths Mobile – RELAY,WIDE or RELAY,WIDE2-2 Portable – RELAY,WIDE or RELAY,WIDE2-2 Fixed – DIGICALL, DIGICALL,WIDE or DIGICALL,WIDE2-2 Digis – No path Special Events – RELAY or RELAY,WIDE Airmobile – WIDE or WIDE2-2

14. APRS is a registered trademark Bob Bruninga, WB4APR Copyright © 2003 – Peter Loveall AE5PL All Rights Reserved Recommended Beacon Rates Mobile – 3 minutes minimum, SmartBeacon preferred with 3 minute minimum Portable – 10 minute minimum, 20 minute preferred Fixed – 20 to 30 minutes Weather – 10 minute minimum, 15 minute preferred Airmobile – 5 minute minimum

15. APRS is a registered trademark Bob Bruninga, WB4APR Copyright © 2003 – Peter Loveall AE5PL All Rights Reserved Searchable Maps

16. APRS is a registered trademark Bob Bruninga, WB4APR Copyright © 2003 – Peter Loveall AE5PL All Rights Reserved Routable Maps

17. APRS is a registered trademark Bob Bruninga, WB4APR Copyright © 2003 – Peter Loveall AE5PL All Rights Reserved Station Info

18. APRS is a registered trademark Bob Bruninga, WB4APR Copyright © 2003 – Peter Loveall AE5PL All Rights Reserved Integrated Help File

19. APRS is a registered trademark Bob Bruninga, WB4APR Copyright © 2003 – Peter Loveall AE5PL All Rights Reserved Q & A http://www.aprspoint.com Pete Loveall AE5PL pete@ae5pl.net pete@ae5pl.net