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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi Fred! Didn’t realize you were working on this, too! Will check it out when I get back home tomorrow! When I first started experimenting with Trbo last summer and then TrboNet and SmartPTT software I instantly called it “APRS on Steroids!”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>73 de Jim, KU0G/9<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> aprssig-bounces@tapr.org [mailto:aprssig-bounces@tapr.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Fredric Moses<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, May 27, 2012 11:18 AM<br><b>To:</b> TAPR APRS Mailing List<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [aprssig] APRS and dstar<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Already done.. DMR/MotoTrbo to APRS.... <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>One of my test handhelds. <a href="http://aprs.fi/#!call=a/W8CMN-T1&timerange=3600">http://aprs.fi/#!call=a%2FW8CMN-T1&timerange=3600</a><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85EdiW7mbXQ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85EdiW7mbXQ</a> Video david did showing gps and 2way aprs messaging..<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>--<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Fredric Moses - W8FSM - WQOG498<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:fred@moses.bz">fred@moses.bz</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On May 27, 2012, at 12:10 PM, Jim Duncan wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Why bother with Death Star? MotoTrbo radios have EVERYTHING in one package<br>including the GPS. There are people that are working with the data format<br>currently to be able to produce APRS-portable content...<br><br>Check out <a href="http://www.dmr-marc.net">www.dmr-marc.net</a> and <a href="http://www.trbo.info">www.trbo.info</a><br><br>73 de Jim, KU0G<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: <a href="mailto:aprssig-bounces@tapr.org">aprssig-bounces@tapr.org</a> [<a href="mailto:aprssig-bounces@tapr.org">mailto:aprssig-bounces@tapr.org</a>] On Behalf<br>Of Jason KG4WSV<br>Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2012 8:55 AM<br>To: TAPR APRS Mailing List<br>Subject: Re: [aprssig] APRS and dstar<br><br>On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 8:00 AM, Bob Bruninga <<a href="mailto:bruninga@usna.edu">bruninga@usna.edu</a>> wrote:<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Therefore the short cut for AVRS is to simply JOIN DSTAR. The concept is<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>simple. Take one of those dstar kits, add it to a PC with full APRS<br>connectivity on one side, and dstar on the other, and what we get is an<br>ASTAR node.<br><br>Not being a naysayer, but what value does APRS add to this equation?<br>Sounds like we all need to switch to DSTAR, and build "DVRS" instead of<br>"AVRS"?<br><br><br>My personal hangup with DSTAR is the price of the hardware (especially when<br>I consider the price of the APRS gear I already have). I can throw together<br>a small APRS tracker for a rocekt, balloon, or vehicle for cheap; not so<br>with DSTAR.<br><br>-Jason<br>kg4wsv<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>aprssig mailing list<br><a href="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org">aprssig@tapr.org</a><br><a href="https://www.tapr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aprssig">https://www.tapr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aprssig</a><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>aprssig mailing list<br><a href="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org">aprssig@tapr.org</a><br><a href="https://www.tapr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aprssig">https://www.tapr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aprssig</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>