[aprssig] APRS left in the dust

Joe Della Barba joe at dellabarba.com
Fri Jan 6 06:33:55 EST 2006


And this 
http://www.uniden.com/products/productdetail.cfm?product=MYSTIC&filter=Handheld 



Robert Kirk wrote:

> At 09:16 PM 1/5/06 -0600, Neil Johnson wrote:
>
>> Face it. If Kenwood, Icom, and Yaesu were really serious about 
>> supporting APRS, they would be introducing mobiles and handhelds with 
>> built in GPS and TT/Opentrac capabilities.
>> Or..they might be afraid to sell a device that can both determine a 
>> position and then transmit it (in one device). Someone probably has a 
>> patent on it.
>
>
> Also,
>
> At 04:45 AM 5/5/06 Joe Della Barba wrote:
>
>> This brings up a question - Why has the commercial market abandoned 
>> APRS? For awhile I thought I was going to see an APRS h/t with a 
>> built in GPS and map screen, but now it looks like that will never 
>> happen.
>> 73 de N3HGB
>
>
> Well... look at  http://www.garmin.com/products/rino530/    The world 
> does move on.
> Bob Kirk
> N3OZB
>
>
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