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<DIV><SPAN class=247082204-01092008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>So far the
answers have only referred to what can be done within APRS. However there
is another system APRSLink that can not only send emails to anyone but also
receive emails from even non-hams.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=247082204-01092008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>It is a
really slick and useful system. I use it when in the mountains and on
hunting trips when I am far from civilization on both my D7A and D700. It
is not used very much in our area which is the way it should be, but it sure
comes in handy at times so you should really check it out and learn the
system. I even carry an idiot sheet with me to help my aging
mind.......</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=247082204-01092008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=247082204-01092008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Check it out
at: <A
href="http://www.winlink.org/aprslink">http://www.winlink.org/aprslink</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Herb, KB7UVC<BR>NW APRS Group, West Sound Coordinator<BR>Our WEB
Site: <A href="http://www.nwaprs.info/"
target=_blank>http://www.nwaprs.info</A> </FONT></P></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
aprssig-bounces@lists.tapr.org [mailto:aprssig-bounces@lists.tapr.org]<B>On
Behalf Of </B>Stephen H. Smith<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, August 31, 2008 7:20
PM<BR><B>To:</B> TAPR APRS Mailing List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [aprssig]
email<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>Jim Danforth wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE cite=mid:01b401c90bce$56e38690$04aa93b0$@org type="cite"><PRE wrap="">Sorry for the double post. Didn't mean to reply to the other message.
I'm about to get deployed to the hurricane zone with my disaster relief
crew. I've never mastered the email via aprs thing, so if anyone can point
me to a tutorial, I would really like to make it work before leaving. I
will be taking a D7 with me, and possibly a D700, though it would require
removal from my truck ,and temp install in a rental, and stuffing in a
suitcase to come home. That prospect doesn't excite me. I would rather take
my tape measure beam than to take the d700.
JimD
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</PRE></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face=Arial><BR>Assuming the APRS infrastructure
(digipeaters, a reachable igate and the Internet at that location) don't get
wiped out in the hurricane, it's quite simple. Compose a an APRS
message to be sent to the callsign "EMAIL" instead of an actual station.
<BR><BR>Then, the very first part of the message payload is the actual email
address of the person you are trying to send to. Follow this with
one or more spaces before the actual text of the message. Note
that:<BR><BR>1) APRS messages are
cell-phone-texting-style one-liners with a max of less than 80-100 chars.
<BR><BR>2) The email address consumes part of the
message one-liner. If you have the choice email addresses, choose one with the
shortest adddress string to use. (For example, an address at
"aol.com" will leave more space for the real message than an address at
"sbcglobal.com" or "earthlink.net".)<BR><BR>3) APRS
email is basically a one-way system. You can SEND a message to any
internet email address (and may get an ack back) but the Internet party can
not send a reply back to you. (It's the regulatory issue of a non-ham
party initiating a transmission on the ham bands.)<BR><BR>Since you may be in
a less-than-favorable location (relative to any surviving digis) you want to
throw all the antenna gain you can possibley muster into the mix.
An Arrow Antenna collapsable light-weight hand-holdable yagi would be
ideal. <BR><BR>And, if you do use any external ants with the
TH-D7;
<BR>
DON'T FORGET AN SMA-to-BNC or SMA-to-UHF
ADAPTER!!<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>--<BR><BR>Stephen H. Smith
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