[aprssig] APRS data for Scout Events

[Robert Bruninga]

> Speaking of scoring.
> I was playing around a while back for a car rally we did.
> What I did was format a string with a unique pattern, 
> which a head station listens for and then puts scores 
> into a MySQL table. (LINUX and a TNC and PERL)

Yess, that is the right way to do it for sure.  And I welcome
such ingenuity.  

The reason I posted this example was because in thi scase, I was
an outsider volunteer and couldn't come in and change the way
the hams that have been doing this for years have always done
it.  And since they had their own data base and their own
methods and since 90% of operators wouldn't have APRS, in this
case, we just show up with our HT's and the D700 clipboard and
they can either use the data or not.  Low risk.

Thanks for the feedback
Bob, WB4APR
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Bruninga [mailto:bruninga at usna.edu]
> Sent: Friday, 12 January 2007 6:29 AM
> To: 'TAPR APRS Mailing List'
> Subject: RE: [aprssig] APRS data for Scout Events
> 
> 
> * I prepared a WEB page to show how to use the D7 and D700
> * for data reporting of troop scores at a scout event.
> http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/aprsevent.html
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 11:30 PM
> > Subject: [aprssig] APRS data for Scout Events
> >
> > Remember APRS is not just position reporting.  Here is how
we
> > plan on using APRS TH-D7 HTs at the winter camporee to send
> > event data:
> >
> > Those of us with D7's can enter our station number, troops
> > and scores as an APRS message addressed to the netcontrol at
> > HQ using only the HT's keypad.  I will provide a Tm-D700
> > mobile rig at the HQ staff tent where they are presently
> > taking voice reports, and these messages will appear on the
> > front panel for the HQ staff to transcribe into their
system.
> >
> > If I entered STN14 as my MYCALL and then used a format
> > something like:
> >
> > T995 47
> > T887 56
> > T4557 66
> >
> > Then that could mean from station #14, the reports for
troops
> > 995, 887 and 4557 are 47,56 and 66 respectively.
> >
> > The TM-D700 can capture and hold up to 16 of these until the
> > HQ staff looks at them and deletes them to make room for the
> > next round.  The beauty of this is that it offloads these
> > reports from the voice channel and the HQ staff can take
them
> > at -their convenience-, not at the demands of the voice
> > channel.   The voice channel is very busy, but the score
data
> > comes in bursts when the whistle blows for everyone to
change
> > stations.
> >
> > This backchannel transmission of scores from D7 users helps
> > mitigate the peak backlog of all the voice reports.
> >
> > In years past, I had proposed a special ARPS program to take
> > the data directly to a data base, but then never found time
> > to do it, and not enough D7 users to make it worthwhile.
But
> > this method above, and just using a D700 display at the data
> > entry persons operating position means it is trivial to set
> > up and operate and takes no special effort.
> >
> > There is no risk in this expreiment.  If it is not found
> > advantageous for any reason, the HT holders can still make
> > the normal voice report too.
> >
> > I just wish someone would implement my APRS-DTMF program,
and
> > then everyone with an HT could key in their data, not just
> > those with D7's.
> >
> > see http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/aprstt.html
> >
> > Bob, WB4APR
> 
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