[aprssig] APRS At Field Day!

[Robert Bruninga]

I just tried it and it works.  Ill keep my system up till I leave on Friday.
Just send a message to CQSRVR with the first two words being CQ FD ...

Bob

On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 8:21 PM, Robert Bruninga <bruninga at usna.edu> wrote:

> Here is how to do APRS at field day:
> http://www.aprs.org/cqsrvr.html
>
> It lets you send global CQ's to all other stations on the planet doing the
> same thing and then you make message-message contact.  I assume the rules
> have not changed and so these contacts don't count since they are going via
> digipeaters and the APRS-IS, but it sure is fun to operate.
>
> For the first time in decades, I wont be on, unless I remember to try it
> from my High School 50th reunion party in Alabama with my D72...
>
> These message servers are a powerful aspect of APRS allowing global
> contact within groups, so if you dont know how to do this, this is a good
> time to get familiar with it.
>
> bob, WB4APR
>
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