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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>That's odd. I know of at least one ARES group that is still using APRSpoint (the one I am a member of). So, APRSpoint may not be maintained, but it's not dead yet.<br><br>Andrew Pavlin, KA2DDO<br>member of Chester County (PA) ARES/RACES<br>author of YAAC<br><br><div>> Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 13:10:49 -0400<br>> From: wa8lmf2@aol.com<br>> To: aprssig@tapr.org<br>> Subject: Re: [aprssig] APRS device identifiers (tocalls.txt)<br>> <br>> On 10/25/2013 11:54 AM, Robert Bruninga wrote:<br>> <br>> > 2)I’d like to resolve these issues:<br>> ><br>> > a)We need for APRSpoint to nail down his subset of APOxxx<br>> ><br>> > b)APRS+SA is no longer in production. Can we lock down his range?<br>> ><br>> <br>> APRS+SA is dead because it is TOTALLY DEPENDENT on a version of Delorme Steet <br>> Atlas that went out of print over 10 years ago. (No version of Street Atlas <br>> after Ver 9.0 (c) 2001 will work with APRSplus.)<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> APRSpoint is effectively an orphan also. There has been NO activity on the <br>> APRSpoint website for nearly two years.<br>> <br>> The author has abandoned moderating the APRSpoint Yahoo! group, and let it <br>> become overrun with spammers. Another user on the group has now siezed control <br>> of the group and evicted the spammers, but still no signs of life from the <br>> author.....<br>> <br>> <br>> __________________________________________________<br>> <br>> <br>> --<br>> <br>> Stephen H. Smith wa8lmf (at) aol.com<br>> Skype: WA8LMF<br>> EchoLink: 14400 [Think bottom of the 2-meter band]<br>> Home Page: http://wa8lmf.net<br>> <br>> <br>> Long-Range APRS on 30 Meters HF<br>> http://wa8lmf.net/aprs/HF_APRS_Notes.htm<br>> <br>> High Performance Sound Systems for Soundcard Apps<br>> http://wa8lmf.net/ham/imic.htm<br>> http://wa8lmf.net/ham/uca202.htm<br>> <br>> "APRS 101" Explanation of APRS Path Selection & Digipeating<br>> http://wa8lmf.net/DigiPaths<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> aprssig mailing list<br>> aprssig@tapr.org<br>> http://www.tapr.org/mailman/listinfo/aprssig<br></div> </div></body>
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