[aprssig] APRS-over-VARA & VarAC Chat at Dayton Hamvention

[Borja Marcos]

> On 13 May 2024, at 19:57, Stephen H Smith via aprssig <aprssig at lists.tapr.org> wrote:
> 
> I will be exhibiting "Studio B" (my mobile Hamshack on wheels - uEOC - Radio test lab - and QRP AM stereo/ FM stereo broadcast station) at the Dayton Hamvention  Emergency Comms Vehicles Expo again this year.  "Studio B" is a 12-foot Aliner folding A-frame camper packed with radios and electronic gadgets.  Details here:
>    <http://WA8LMF.net/Aliner>
> I will be demonstrating   APRS-over-VARA   and   VarAC Chat   (keyboard-to-keyboard live chat client and file-transfer tool).  Both run on top of the VARA high-performance HF soft modem.  
> I will be beaconing the location  of the Emcomms Vehicle Expo as an APRS object on normal VHF AX.25 APRS,  and into the APRS Internet system Thursday, Friday and Saturday.  Currently, you can view the Hamvention-area map on my APRS special event web server at:

Despite being a Spaniard myself, I see a serious problem with VARA. It’s proprietary software with a strong operating system dependency.

Moreover, am I wrong or closed modes are frowned upon un the US?

73,



Borja EA2EKH