<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div class="WordSection1"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">
Bob - To say that DPRS isn't APRS simply isn't (At least entirely) true. D-STAR, like APRS, is also built on RF. The only difference is D-STAR is DIGITAL RF while APRS is ANALOG RF !! Nevertheless, it's STILL RF (That's a point that also needs to be reinforced).</p></div></div></blockquote><br><div>The path from the DStar radio to aprs-is is only rf to the repeater. Then it is the gateway computer that sends the GPS data, in the form of a transcribed APRS packet to an APRS-IS server. That means no Internet then no DPRS as implemented. </div><div><br></div><div>You could do some programming on the gateway computer to write the data out a serial port to a TNC hooked to a radio. </div><div><br></div><div>But that is not what exists today. The D-STAR data path is not in the clear from a feature perspective and so it takes some work to get all of these things out of that digital world. You need the right codec or you need access to a DSTAR gateway of some sort where you can grab network traffic in some way.</div><div><br></div><div>Gregg Wonderly</div><div>W5GGW</div></body></html>