[aprssig] Thank you Re: AnyTone AT-D878UVII Plus

[MJ Inabnit]

Thank you Stephen,

I'll forward this off to him shortly.

Shame they wouldn't give it full aprs capability :(

73
j

On 12/9/21 6:55 PM, Stephen H Smith wrote:
> 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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