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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Thanks Stephen !</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Some good info there</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<A title=wa8lmf2@aol.com href="mailto:wa8lmf2@aol.com">Stephen H. Smith</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vk4tec@tech-software.net
href="mailto:vk4tec@tech-software.net">Andrew Rich</A> ; <A
title=aprssig@tapr.org href="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org">TAPR APRS Mailing
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 15, 2011 7:49
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [aprssig] Remote APRS</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>On 3/14/2011 2:31 PM, Andrew Rich wrote:
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hello</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Has anyone done this ?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>1. Place a PC on the internet in a remote
location.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>2. Place a TNC and radio on the serial
port</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>3. Somehow "access" the remote PC TNC and radio
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>4. At the same time supprt packets into the
APRS -IS </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Remote satellite ground station supporting
packeta and APRS-IS </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>- Andrew -
</FONT></DIV><BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BR>If you are have Internet access at the
remote site, this can be done with just a copy of UIview running on a
very minimal PC (I do it with a low-powered Intel-Atom-based netbook).
The remote site copy of UIview can act as an igate. In addition,
UIview's "local server" feature allows any number of other APRS apps, either
locally or over the Internet via router port forwarding, to use the radio/TNC
combo connected to the first copy of UIview. <BR><BR>The netbook only
draws about 15 watts and is very adequate to run UIview or similar apps,
especially if you don't need fancy map servers or map displays at the remote
location. I have essentially done this with my TH-D7
handheld connected to the Acer Aspire netbook which then connected to the
Internet via the Wi-Fi of a nearby McDonalds. <BR><BR>In a
similar approach, I have connected the "tape recording output" of a
Uniden/Bearcat BC-760 scanner to the mic input of the netbook and used
AGWpe with UIview to do an instant receive-only igate.<BR><BR><BR>A completely
different approach would be to use the available APRS igate firmware for a
Linksys WRT-54GL router. The router is actually a single-board
Linux-powered computer that has serial ports -- they just aren't brought off
the board to the rear panel in a stock Linksys. With the firmware load,
and a little hardware hacking to bring out the serial ports, you have a
low-power 12-VDC-powered "black box" that will go directly from a TNC's serial
port to IP, either local or Internet. <BR><BR>Note that you
have to have the WRT54 with the -L suffix that is the Linux-based version of
this device. The vast majority of WRT-54s in retail channels are
the non -L versions that use a proprietary operating system that fits in half
as much flash memory for cost-reduction purposes. These units are not
adaptable to the APRS usage. <BR><BR>
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