[aprssig] Failed APRS?

[Stephen H. Smith]

jimlux wrote:
> You gotta admit though in re your statement:
> "APRS was ever intended to be a "tracking" system. "
>
> that calling it the
>
> Automatic Position Reporting System
>
> wasn't the best long term strategic move, then..
> You didn't call it "Amateur Short Digital Message System" or "Amateur 
> Tactical Message System" or whatever else might have been an idea...
>
>   


It  wasn't/isn't "Positiion" reporting.   The original usage was:

     Automatic PACKET Reporting System      



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