[aprssig] When did APRS start ?

[KENT HUFFORD]

8 Channel GPS marine receivers prices dropped to $400 in 1994.

I bought winAPRS from the SPROUL brothers in about 1996 for $50 for lifetime support... The lifetime seems to have died in about 2005.

Thank you again Bob for your vison and efforts over all these years.

Kent

-----Original Message-----
From: aprssig [mailto:aprssig-bounces at tapr.org] On Behalf Of Robert Bruninga
Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 4:08 PM
To: Stan Horzepa <stanzepa at sbcglobal.net>; russo at bogodyn.org; Fred Hillhouse <fmhillhouse at comcast.net>
Cc: aprssig at tapr.org
Subject: Re: [aprssig] When did APRS start ?

Ah ha!  Thanks for remembering.  I guess the 1993 date was the first use of APRS during the Marine Corps Marathon.

Bob


-----Original Message-----
From: Stan Horzepa [mailto:stanzepa at sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 2:16 PM
To: Robert Bruninga; russo at bogodyn.org; Fred Hillhouse
Cc: aprssig at tapr.org
Subject: Re: [aprssig] When did APRS start ?

The Teaneck, NJ conference was in 1992 (25 years ago this November).

You can look it up here: https://www.tapr.org/pub_cnc11.html


On 7/20/17 1:52 PM, Robert Bruninga wrote:
> Under the name APRS, it was 23 .7 years ago at the DCC presentation in 
> TeaNeck NJ in Sept/oct time frame.  The concept of using a one-to-all 
> connectionless packet mode for this kid of app dates back to around
> 1983 (or so?), when I used it on Comodore 64's and VIC-20's for 
> tracking runners in the 100 mile endurance run and National Disaster 
> Medical Exercise.  Bob
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: aprssig [mailto:aprssig-bounces at tapr.org] On Behalf Of Tom Russo
> Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 1:18 PM
> To: Fred Hillhouse
> Cc: aprssig at tapr.org
> Subject: Re: [aprssig] When did APRS start ?
>
> On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 01:11:21PM -0400, we recorded a 
> bogon-computron collision of the <fmhillhouse at comcast.net> flavor,
> containing:
>> According to this site http://aprs.org/ it is in its 21st year. I'll 
>> let you do the math since I did the rest.
> But that main page is not updated continuously.  So it was in its 21st 
> year when that page was last updated.
>
> Bob wrote up a history of APRS on his web site.  It can be found here:
> http://www.aprs.org/APRS-docs/ARTICLES.TXT
>
> The answer is in there.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: aprssig [mailto:aprssig-bounces at tapr.org] On Behalf Of Andrew 
>> Rich
>> Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 12:57 PM
>> To: aprssig at tapr.org
>> Subject: [aprssig] When did APRS start ?
>>
>> Guys what year did APRS start ?
>>
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