[aprssig] Displaying Operating Frequency

Thu Aug 2 13:49:31 EDT 2007

That's a neat idea..... I have my wife's car's tracker set to change modes
when the GPS is off.  It changes from a car to a runner.  There would be no
difference in using a PIR motion detector in your ham shack set to a 10
minute on time tied to the mode change pin on a tiny trak or open trac.
Wes

On 8/2/07, Dave Baxter <dave at emv.co.uk> wrote:
>
> You could expand on this, and have a PIR sensor in the shack, so that
> any "Live" individual in there triggers that, and so updates the
> stations presence settings.  So long as you don't end up sending the
> status of the family cat jumping up onto a warm radio for a quiet
> sleep...
>
> I suspect it's a lot easier in practice to use the Voice Alert facility
> that some APRS equipped radios have.  Not that many people use that,
> especialy here in the UK.
>
> Cheers.
>
> Dave G0WBX.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Robert Bruninga [mailto:bruninga at usna.edu]
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 4:10 PM
> > To: danny at messano.net
> > Cc: 'TAPR APRS Mailing List'
> > Subject: [aprssig] Displaying Operating Frequency
> >
> > > You mentioned "EVERY ham would monitor APRS to see what was
> > going on
> > > locally, and EVERY ham's station would beacon on the APRS channel a
> > > STATUS packet about what he was doing on any other
> > frequency or band
> > > or activity so everyone would know."
> > >
> > > The $6 word for that is "Presence", and it's a shame we DON'T have
> > > something like that for hams now.
> >
> > Actually, after Katrina, the ARRL made it an initiative to
> > come up with a mechanism for determining and distributing the
> > OPERATING frequency of all stations on the air, so that they
> > could easily be found when needed.  It is called WOTA for
> > "Who is On the Air".  Since we have always encouraged the
> > addition of Operating FREQUENCY as a standard field, we tried
> > to make APRS a big part of that initiative.  But I got little
> > support.  But we have now formalized a standard for including
> > FREQUENCY in APRS packets to improve this situation down the road...
> >
> > What I want to see are PIC processors connected up to Home
> > stations that will MONITOR the operating frequency of the
> > main RIG in the hamshack and automatically insert that
> > frequency in that station's APRS *local* beacon.
> > I do not want to see these beacons all over the state, but
> > simply locally, so that if the need arises, that person can
> > be contacted.
> >
> > In fact, I think it would make a nice set of Add-on's to many
> > client software so that that software could monitor the
> > stations other radios and include their operating frequencies
> > in that stations beacon.
> >
> > IN fact, a TinyTracker or OT tracker or any PIC device could
> > be made for the major CAT interfaces for Kenwood, Icom and Yeasu.
> > Plug this device into the shack radios and plug it into an
> > unused HT on the APRS channel, and there you go...
> >
> > Bob, WB4APR
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: aprssig-bounces at lists.tapr.org
> > > [mailto:aprssig-bounces at lists.tapr.org]
> > > On Behalf Of Robert Bruninga
> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 3:14 PM
> > > To: 'TAPR APRS Mailing List'
> > > Subject: RE: [aprssig] D700 Tip. Reading Mail
> > >
> > > > > > How do we call CQ locally on APRS?
> > > > >
> > > > > [ANSWER]... Voice Alert....
> > > >
> > > > Ah but here we're on (at least) 4 different frequencies.
> > > > The local CQ has to be per "APRS" level, not local RF
> > level..
> > >
> > > If I could amplify on that, it should be noted from my perspective,
> > > APRS was always supposed to be the SINGLE clearing house
> > channel for
> > > everything going on in ham radio in a local area (not just APRS
> > > itself).
> > > EVERY ham would
> > > monitor APRS to see what was going on locally, and EVERY
> > ham's station
> > > would beacon on the APRS channel a STATUS packet about what he was
> > > doing on any other frequency or band or activity so everyone would
> > > know.
> > >
> > > APRS was not supposed to be an end-in-itself, but to be just
> > the DATA
> > > channel for informing everyone about everything happening
> > locally.
> > >
> > > So much of what casual observers see of APRS, are simply the
> > maps and
> > > vehicle tracking that too many people have lots sight of the
> > original
> > > inspiration.  Its like the proverbial dead-band problem.
> > If everyone
> > > is listening and no one is calling CQ, then the band
> > appears dead even
> > > though lots of interested parties are  out there.
> > >
> > > People say, but Bob, we don't see any of this activity
> > being beaconed
> > > on APRS.... And I say, its because no one is transmitting what they
> > > are doing (besides APRS) onto APRS.
> > >
> > > Anyway, just some thoughts.
> > >
> > > Bob, WB4APR
> > >
> > >
> > >
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