[aprssig] Future Concept for APRS (NOT Tracking only)

[Charles Doughtie]

Bob, I gotta agree with Earl on this one. Reading a dash mounted display is a distraction
unless you are stopped in traffic. That may apply to you on the beltway but not me on
many Texas roads.

FWIW Texas passed two cellphone laws this past session (one attached) with language
intended to exempt hams (page 1, lines 14-16 and page 2 lines 8-14) but such laws
do not remove liability and responsibility.

de Charlie, N5EXY,
South Suburban Greater Hutto

--- On Mon, 9/21/09, Robert Bruninga <bruninga at usna.edu> wrote:

From: Robert Bruninga <bruninga at usna.edu>
Subject: Re: [aprssig] Future Concept for APRS (NOT Tracking
 only)
To: "'TAPR APRS
 Mailing List'"
 <aprssig at tapr.org>
Date: Monday, September 21, 2009, 6:12 PM

> "The FUTURE is seeing APRS in every mobile 
> including what every modern communicator is 
> handy with.. That is text messaging.  It
> works and works well in all aspects of human 
> operations."
> 
> Well it doesn't work worth a DARN while 
> you're driving -- which is where most APRS is done. 

I donno, my primary use of text messaging is RECEIVEING and
displaying the information on my head's up dissplay.  I get
notices, info, activitites, meeting announcemnets, satellites in
view, local repeater frequencies, local IRLP and Echolink
frequencies, and just about anything I need to know anywhere in
ham radio right there on my dashboard within my driving line of
sight.

TO me, that works DARN well.

And it is locally RELEVANT no matter where I am
 traveling.

Bob, Wb4APR


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