[aprssig] WB4APR SK

[wa7skg]

Yep, let it die off, just like CW.

Michael WA7SKG

R Kirk via aprssig wrote on 2/9/22 9:06 AM:
> Steve, and all…  Maybe this is time to let APRS decline gracefully. Ham 
> radio, along with most of us, are no longer spring chickens either. I 
> don’t see APRS as thriving in the future regardless of its leadership or 
> structure.  There are still a few fun niches but small position tracking 
> is no longer unique. Every kid has a cell phone with most APRS 
> capability. I don’t think the marvelous wide networking system you 
> pioneered can go on for long. The question is whether to leave the 
> system going as is, till every one eventually expires, or to pull the 
> plug soon.
> 
> Are manufacturers going to continue to make APRS radios?
> Where are all those new hams? (We're getting pretty old & fat)
> Are you going to give your source code – to whom?
> Are the remaining hosts going to continue to make their servers available?
> Are protocols fixed forever?
> Is most of APRS just a weather network?
> Who’s left to track?
> Want to buy a buggy whip?
> 
> 
> Bob Kirk
> N3OZB
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