[aprssig] APRS at field day

[Robert Bruninga]

In fact,  I'm only going to use my THD72 as my APRS FD station and see how
many APRS contacts I can make from an HT.  They wont count for FD contest
points, unless I make one direct, but the opportunity to make a bunch of
live APRS contacts during a global contest should be fun!  Bob, WB4APR

On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 9:28 AM, Robert Bruninga <bruninga at usna.edu> wrote:

> From your field day site, don't forget to activate your APRS station there
> and to send a Global CQ FD message to the world.
>
> Just send an APRS message to CQSRVR with the first words being CQ FD XX
> SSS...   (where XX SSS is your category and ARRL section)
>
> This message will go to every other CQ FD site on the planet (if they have
> sent the same CQ message).
>
> To make a contact, when you see one of these CQ FD messages from the
> CQSRVR, then you
> simply send back an APRS message to their callsign direct.  When he
> acknowledges it, then it is a contact.
>
> Of course, I have not even read the FD rules since, for a decade, such.
> APRS contacts do not count because they go via digipeaters.  But HAVE FUN!
> Enjoy APRS and put your FD site on the map.
>


> Use the PORTABLE symbol which is a tent...
>
> Bob, WB4APR
>
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