<font color='black' size='2' face='arial'>In my haste to release version 2 of APRS-Go desktop I released it with a bug that prevented transmission. This has been fixed (I think) and a new installation file has been uploaded to my website. I hope this hasn't caused too much inconvenience to anyone who tried to use it. Robin, AA3NJ<br>
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From: rfinesmith@aol.com<br>
To: aprssig@tapr.org<br>
Sent: Thu, Oct 21, 2010 10:31 pm<br>
Subject: Internet query over APRS<br>
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<div style="CLEAR: both">Version 2 of APRS-Go for Windows desktop has been released. This version adds bing(tm) query capability to APRS-Go. I believe bing query is a first for APRS, and perhaps for packet radio. A properly formatted APRS message sent to an APRS-Go station, from any other APRS station, will cause APRS-Go to perform an internet search and return information back to messaging station. More specifically, the message sent to APRS-Go is a request for phone numbers, locations and names of anything listed in the Yellow Pages and White Pages - restaurants, police, hospitals, automobile repair shops - anything. The Microsoft bing(tm) phone book database contains the latitude and longitude of each of these entities, and APRS-Go will return these as object packets when requested. I invite you to try this new version. To use it, you must have a non-dial-up internet connection on your PC. Once APRS-Go is installed on your PC, any APRS station that sees you can send your station a "bing query" in an APRS message. The software and instructions are available for free at <A href="http://www.aprsgo.com/" target=_blank>www.aprsgo.com</A>. Don't use your smart phone. Use smart APRS!</div>
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