[aprssig] Hamfest and Local info (Welcome beacons)

[Robert Bruninga]

> Another idea.... many years ago around 1994 
> when I first got an analog cellphone, when I 
> drove through Columbia SC my phone rang....
> it was bellsouth... welcoming me...

> What if the digis were smart enough to see 
> a mobile entering a boundary for the first 
> time (in a week or a month) and send a message 
> to that station letting them know about local 
> events.

They do!  Or at least that is what I have been asking people to
set up for 6 years now since 2004!

1) The BOUNDARY is established as when you "get in range" of
that digi
2) The INFO you get are the FOUR available BTEXTS or OBJECTS
available for programming in each digi. (Some digis can only do
3)..
  A - the digi's own info and additional info
  B - The locally recommended APRS or travelers voice repeater
  C - The Echolink or other reecommended frequency or IRLP
  D - a third frequency or whatever.

IT'S IN THERE!  We just have too many people blind to the true
value of APRS in ham radio and too lazy to realize that it is
OUR network.  And it will only provide the desired service if we
as individuals provide it and properly set up the digis, and
then also originate objects for local special events.

> As for letting us know about club events or meetings, 
> Scott's open tracker's scripting can do this although 
> I wish it could be indexed to a given day...  Yes, 
> the digi's should publish the local 2m net within 
> the beacon, but it sure would be nice in addition to 
> have the net as an object every 10 minutes a few 
> hours before the net... esp if it caused the radio 
> to beep as above.

Yes!  I have a web page that describes that desired application.
I think someone did write an add-on for Uiview that will let you
enter fixed schedules and it will do the alerts.  It might be
called net-meeting, or netscheduler, or something like that?
 
Bob, WB4APR





>  
> As for letting us know about club events or meetings, Scott's 
> open tracker's scripting can do this although I wish it could 
> be indexed to a given day... but it seems most of the work is 
> done.  Yes, the digi's should publish the local 2m net within 
> the beacon, but it sure would be nice in addition to have the 
> net as an object every 10 minutes a few hours before the 
> net... esp if it caused the radio to beep as above.
>  
> Wes
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 08:05, Bob Bruninga
<bruninga at usna.edu> wrote:
> 
> 
> 	> For a regularly occurring event,
> 	> such as a club meeting, would you
> 	> need to put up and take down the
> 	> object each month?
> 	
> 	
> 	Regularly occuring NETS and club meeting dates should 
> already be included in every local area if the local digi is 
> setup according to the New-N paradigm and
www.aprs.org/localinfo.html.
> 	
> 	EVERY digi is supposed to be putting out the "locally 
> recommended APRS or Traveler voice frequency object already.  
> The format for that object includes both weekly NET times and 
> MONTHLY Meeting times.  So anyone passing through the area 
> will never be more than 10 minutes from an update on this 
> info (When he is in range of THAT digi).
> 	
> 	This has been the proper settings of all digis since
2004.
> 	
> 	EVERYONE needs to check their local MAP and if their 
> digi is not putting out this object and its attendant info, 
> then -they- need to take action to see that it gets done.  
> These objects MUST be in the DIGI TNC or otherwise originated 
> at the DIGI site in order to have no impact on the channel
load.
> 	
> 	Three can be up to 3 such objects PER digi.
> 	
> 	Please see www.aprs.org/localinfo.html
> 	
> 	Bob, Wb4APR
> 	
> 
> 
> 	Or, would it be ok to create an
> 	>   object at the meeting site and have a status text
> 	>   with the time/date formula (2nd Friday of the month)
> 	>   and location (library at 350 Nevada St.) and just
> 	>   leave it there?
> 	>
> 	>   Greg  KO6TH
> 	>
> 	>     ------------------------------------------------
> 	>
> 	>   Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 07:56:31 -0700
> 	>   From: ml41782 at yahoo.com
> 	>   To: jpaterjr at gmail.com; aprssig at tapr.org
> 	>   Subject: Re: [aprssig] Hamfest and Local info
> 	>
> 	>   John,
> 	>
> 	>   The location of the event and the DIGI dont have to
> 	>   coexist.
> 	>
> 	>   You only need to create an object with the
> 	>   information and coordinates of the event.
> 	>
> 	>   This can be done as a standalone radio & TNC or go
> 	>   to the remote location and add the information a
> 	>   week ahead and take it off the week after.
> 	>   Mike K4MQF
> 	>
> 	>
> 	>     ------------------------------------------------
> 	>
> 	>   From: john paterson jr <jpaterjr at gmail.com>
> 	>   To: ml41782 <ml41782 at yahoo.com>; TAPR APRS Mailing
> 	>   List <aprssig at tapr.org>
> 	>   Sent: Wed, June 16, 2010 9:59:11 AM
> 	>   Subject: Re: [aprssig] Hamfest and Local info
> 	>   How would you solve the problem where the club aprs
> 	>   station was located several miles away from the
> 	>   field day site? The transmitted lat - lon would not
> 	>   lead folks to the correct site.
> 	>
> 	>   John KC5LAA
> 	>
> 	>   On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 7:13 AM, ml41782
> 	>   <ml41782 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 	>
> 	>     YOu can't tell me that there aren't at least 2 or
> 	>     more APRS users in each club. I agree with Bob. It
> 	>     should be up to them to put forth the effort to
> 	>     get that information up on the air and announce up
> 	>     coming events.
> 	>
> 	>     My 2 cents
> 	>
> 	>     Mike K4MQF
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