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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">We used APRStt successfully yesterday to allow anyone with any HT to report their positions along our Marathon by entering only the DTMF code “B1MM*…” followed by their callsign from DTMF memory. The MM number was converted by a lookup table to the exact position of the mile mark. Further, anyone could report themselves anywere in the 10 mile grid to the nearest 600’ or so using the DTMF format “B2XXYY*…</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">We think that has great potential to expand the use of APRS at events, since everyone in the club could input data, not just the 10% that had APRS capability.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal">See the web page:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://aprs.org/aprstt.html">http://aprs.org/aprstt.html</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">More to come when Byonics eventually decides to make these DTMF adapters available. Right now, only 3 of us have alpha models for experimentation. But be thiking of how you can use EVERYONE in your club at your next event to enter data. For example, how we report Boy Scout troop scores at our camporees: <a href="http://aprs.org/aprsevent.html">http://aprs.org/aprsevent.html</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Our local Repeater owner also said he would be happy to put an APRStt decoder on the repeater input so that non-APRS mobiles in the area could easily be seen on APRS too…</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Bob, WB4aPR</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></body></html>