<div>Hi Lynn. Yes, the nwaprssig reflector is open and as already said, check the <a href="http://nwaprs.info/">http://nwaprs.info</a> web page for the link to join that one. We'd be glad to have you and anyone else on the aprssig join us.</div>
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<div>Since one of your posts a couple weeks ago I have dl aprsisce and have it running on my netbook which is usually what I take when travelling. For internet access I use either wi-fi or my Blackberry Tether. I too would like to see an app for the Blackberry (Storm). The idea you suggest below re RF awareness in a local area is a good one, and I'd like to see further development of this.</div>
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<div>If your application resembled Google Maps Latitude that I have on my Storm and PC, but integrated that APRS-IS data for the local area, w/o having to go thru the "add friend" routine, it would be way cool. Scott (N7FSP), mentioned from my big message, and I routinely follow each other's location with Latitude, although Scott does need to remind me to update my position fairly often "your position is stale", then I quickly cycle to GMaps for a current position. If a one-line capability was built into this as well it would be a good feature. Right now this aspect of our fun w/GMaps requires those messages to go by SMS.</div>
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<div>I do plan on having a presentation of the APRS capabilities of iPhone/iPad, Droid, WMobile, and whatever else is out there for the web-phones at our NWAPRS annual Summer Gathering Sept 10-12 at Valley Camp in North Bend, WA, about 30 miles east of Seattle. It's a weekend full of APRS activities, food, and fun. More info can be found on our website. If you're in the area.....</div>
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<div>David K7GPS<br></div>
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<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote">Message: 3<br>Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 21:35:43 -0400<br>From: "Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr)" <<a href="mailto:ldeffenb@homeside.to">ldeffenb@homeside.to</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [aprssig] BLENDING APRS: SEEMLESS INTEGRATION IN A<br> MULTI-FREQUENCY ENVIRONMENT<br>To: TAPR APRS Mailing List <<a href="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org">aprssig@tapr.org</a>><br>Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:4BCA61EF.6000504@homeside.to">4BCA61EF.6000504@homeside.to</a>><br>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed<br><br>I've been thinking on a completely different but related question and<br>have a possible suggestion to throw out on the table, but first...<br><br>You mentioned a discussion on "the nwaprssig reflector". Is this an<br>
open forum, and if so, where can I join?<br><br>With the recent proliferation of Windows Mobile (APRSISCE), iPhone<br>(iBCNU), Andoid (APRSdroid.org), and (hopefully soon) BlackBerry APRS-IS<br>clients with internal tracking ability, I've been wanting RF awareness<br>
when one of these devices drives through my local area. I'm considering<br>adding an automatic "throttled" IGate capability to APRSIS32 that would<br>detect APRS-IS-only devices, not heard on RF, within a configurable<br>
radius of the IGate which would then gate position beacons from -IS to<br>RF at a configurable (and SLOW) rate with a very reduced path, just to<br>have the RF environment become aware of the other stations in the area.<br>
<br>This same approach might work for cross-band digipeating between your<br>various frequencies.<br><br>Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE for Windows Mobile and Win32<br><br></blockquote></div>