[aprssig] APRS Foundation Inc. - Why?

[Ev Tupis]

I restate that APRS is a blank canvas, available for an artist to paint their masterpiece (and to Steve's point, "rather than telling others what they should do").

I prove this by reminding folks that I leveraged APRS and its infrastructure appliances to create an amateur radio based propagation tracking tool at a time when the HamSci folks were still in grade school.  It was called PropNET and documented 10 meter propagation through the entire last sunspot cycle.  The project has since sunset, but the data is available for analysis.

It's cousin, DXView exists today, plotting 2-meter propagation using APRS network data.  When the band opens, VHFers refer to it as "a big red blob".  See below for what is is showing as I type this email.

The point of the first sentence remains.  ARS is a blank canvas, available for an artist to paint their masterpiece.  I hope that the APRS foundation can reignite our hidden passion.

Ev, W2EV


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