[aprssig] APRS Newbie - Overwhelmed

[Martin (DK3ML)]

Hi Michael,

here are 2 excellent pod-casts that helped me a lot to understand most
of APRS:

http://hamradio360.com/index.php/2017/01/24/ham-radio-360-all-about-aprs-with-w6kwf/
http://hamradio360.com/index.php/2017/03/07/ham-radio-360-aprs-follow-up-listener-qa/

Kenneth, W6KWF is explaining almost everything during the ~3 hours of
pod-cast. It's worth to take the time.

Kenneth is author of the digipeater software aprx and therefore knows
the protocol really well

(Scroll down to the bottom to get the audio player)

I think that should be a good start.

73,
Martin DK3ML
-- 
https://repeatermap.de
http://dk3ml.de


Am 21.01.2018 um 13:05 schrieb Michael Barnes:
> I am wanting to get into APRS and am rapidly getting overwhelmed. My
> intent is to have APRS in my vehicle to see stations around me and to
> allow my home station to track me. I have a Raspberry Pi with
> touchscreen and TNC-Pi connected to a Kenwood HT with external antenna
> for the truck. That station will run Xastir. Most of the home
> monitoring I am assuming can be done with a computer displaying
> aprs.fi <http://aprs.fi>.
>
> I guess the first thing I am looking for is an APRS for Dummies guide
> to help me get started. I'll need to figure out how to configure the
> mobile for reporting or beaconing or whatever it does.
>
> I'm also trying to make sense of aprs.fi <http://aprs.fi>. I see a ton
> of icons on the map, but I have no idea what they all are. I am
> especially confused by a large number of what seem to be non-ham
> entities on there. I am seeing fire lookout towers, tug boats and Navy
> ships, what looks to be home weather stations, aircraft, and others.
> Some of these show different identification than ham callsigns,
> including aircraft numbers, marine and commercial callsigns, and some
> kind of weather identifiers.
>
> From what I can gather, APRS depends on a lot of digipeaters to
> receive data from mobile units and both relay that info to other users
> as well as upload the data to the aprs.fi <http://aprs.fi> system,
> presumably via the Internet. I'm trying to figure out how all that
> aspect functions as well.
>
> Following the digipeater info is, what about areas out of range of a
> digi? What are the procedures for putting a digi in place? Do folks
> have portable digis that can be deployed temporarily to serve a
> non-covered area for a specific event or emergency? Do all digis have
> to be connected to the Internet?
>
> As you can see, overwhelmed. I know this is a lot of questions. I
> probably have a lot more, but I don't know enough yet to know what the
> questions are. Thanks for your time in helping me get started.
>
> 73,
> Michael WA7SKG
>
>
>
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Am 21.01.2018 um 13:05 schrieb Michael Barnes:
> I am wanting to get into APRS and am rapidly getting overwhelmed. My
> intent is to have APRS in my vehicle to see stations around me and to
> allow my home station to track me. I have a Raspberry Pi with
> touchscreen and TNC-Pi connected to a Kenwood HT with external antenna
> for the truck. That station will run Xastir. Most of the home
> monitoring I am assuming can be done with a computer displaying
> aprs.fi <http://aprs.fi>.
>
> I guess the first thing I am looking for is an APRS for Dummies guide
> to help me get started. I'll need to figure out how to configure the
> mobile for reporting or beaconing or whatever it does.
>
> I'm also trying to make sense of aprs.fi <http://aprs.fi>. I see a ton
> of icons on the map, but I have no idea what they all are. I am
> especially confused by a large number of what seem to be non-ham
> entities on there. I am seeing fire lookout towers, tug boats and Navy
> ships, what looks to be home weather stations, aircraft, and others.
> Some of these show different identification than ham callsigns,
> including aircraft numbers, marine and commercial callsigns, and some
> kind of weather identifiers.
>
> From what I can gather, APRS depends on a lot of digipeaters to
> receive data from mobile units and both relay that info to other users
> as well as upload the data to the aprs.fi <http://aprs.fi> system,
> presumably via the Internet. I'm trying to figure out how all that
> aspect functions as well.
>
> Following the digipeater info is, what about areas out of range of a
> digi? What are the procedures for putting a digi in place? Do folks
> have portable digis that can be deployed temporarily to serve a
> non-covered area for a specific event or emergency? Do all digis have
> to be connected to the Internet?
>
> As you can see, overwhelmed. I know this is a lot of questions. I
> probably have a lot more, but I don't know enough yet to know what the
> questions are. Thanks for your time in helping me get started.
>
> 73,
> Michael WA7SKG
>
>
>
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