[aprssig] AnyTone AT-D878UVII Plus

[Stephen H Smith]

On 12/9/2021 8:19 PM, MJ Inabnit wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> A local ham, who has never ventured into either APRS nor DMR has asked
> me if this radio would work on our analog (144.390) aprs network.  I
> don't know anyone who owns one.
>
> Thank you, 73
> j
>

Yes,  sort of....


On the digital side, this radio can send GPS position data to another similar 
radio, and request position data from another radio. It does this on-demand -- 
there is no auto-beaconing.   Note that this is GPS position data -- but it is 
NOT APRS.

On the analog FM side,it functions as a dumb (or should I say deaf) 
transmit-only tracker. it CAN send standard periodic automatic APRS-format 
position beacons. There is NO receive capability for APRS.   This website 
describes how to set up APRS on the analog side of the radio.  It even links to 
a page on my website for the APRS symbol selection chart.

<https://www.m0pqa.com/2020/05/making-aprs-work-on-anytone-at-d878uv.html>

Again, note that all it can do is SEND position beacons. It can not send APRS 
messages, or receive anything APRS.


The radio is dual-band with dual receive; i.e. you can monitor U/V , V/V  or 
U/U. I have no idea how it would handle VHF APRS auto-beacons on one side, if 
the other side is also on VHF.


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