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U.S. citizens should be extra cautious ..... snip snip ..... <br>
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Using APRS, I dont allow my exact coordinates to be transmitted, am
always off my actual location to protect my privacy and my
equipment. Going to dual carry on the upcoming mobile trip to TN to
"Enhance my personal security". <br>
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Information on the additional protection using APRS that I do is
copied below.<br>
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73 from Bill - WD8ARZ<br>
WD8ARZ - Base Station Using APRSIS32 with 'off set' coordinates<br>
WD8ARZ-7 - HT TH-D7AG <br>
WD8ARZ-9 - Mobile TM-D700AG <br>
WD8ARZ-10 - Android Smart Phone - APRSdroid and U2APRS <br>
APRS Viewer on Android for displaying APRS stations only, no beacon
/ transmitting. <br>
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<pre>FYI
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Good Morning, looks like a cold snowy few days shaping up
back this way in North West Indiana.
One of the concerns we have as hams, is not knowing whom might wish to
take advantage of the information about us online and in the data we
send over APRS.
Obviously we dont want our home burglarized while we are out some where
else while our APRS signals are reporting where we are, and home is not
that location. As well, we dont want our vehicle burglarized of our
equipment either.
When using APRS I do my darnedest to not broadcast with in a couple
miles of where I live or where I am visiting. I also turn off my APRS a
mile or two before I make stops for gas, food etc. If I am going to be
out of the vehicle for a while, I remove any antennas on the vehicle
(all on quick disconnects including a heavy HiQ screw driver antenna),
and remove all control panel heads from the dash area (all on velcro and
main equipment installed out of side that those control heads operate).
Fortunately I have found that my mobile radio that has APRS built in,
and two APRS Android programs that I use, allow me to truncate a number
of the last digits for longitude and latitude. That allows for general
location to be useful, but not exact.
To purchase items like software online, I use a single charge card that
has a low level cap on it. Just a few hundred dollars. That is used for
example on my Android phone for the apps I want. Every year or so, that
card is changed. Am grateful for both Android phone applications I have
purchased. Once I proved I was a ham just once, the code for my call
sign then works on all APRS programs I put that call into. One time deal.
Another step one can take to help keep strangers from locating your home
address in the FCC records that so many other sites have access to and
post to strangers, is to not have your home address in that online data.
Latest edition of the FCC Form 205 Quick-Form Application for
Authorization of Amateur Radio Services is at:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://transition.fcc.gov/Forms/Form605/605.html">http://transition.fcc.gov/Forms/Form605/605.html</a> Currently that form
Edition Date is May 2013
Notice that Line 15 asks for your address as a post office box address.
Line 16 is the street address location.
My last updating I did have information in both line 15 and 16. If you
look at my call sign on QRZ, you will note that only my post office box
number is listed, not my street address. On my license form, one side
has the pob, the other side has the street address. As I read the
current version of this form, the street address appears to be an option.
In my case, I have neighbors and family in /round my home that keep an
eye on things while I am not there. Additionally, an alarm system with
multiple methods to report intrusion is used, and remotely monitored by
friends and neighbors. Multiple video / audio camera's are installed out
side and inside that are recorded 24 / 7 and also accessible remotely by
several methods. Those camera's are also monitored by family, friends
and neighbors. Those links are user / password restricted and available
any where across the country. Thats why it is easy for back up sites at
other locations to also be recording 24 / 7 ....
Will this prevent problems one hundred percent? Of course not. But it
has worked for me for several decades. Fortunately amendment 2 provides
for other security methods as well, in the home and on my person. Both
those options are equipped appropriately for the home and me (legally)
as well.
73 from Bill - WD8ARZ Geiger Counter Mobile Station named NULL
that uses GPS and APRS location data -http://www.radiationnetwork.com/
WD8ARZ-7 HT TH-D7AG - APRS
WD8ARZ-9 Mobile TM-D700AG - APRS 100Hz pl - Monitoring 146.52
WD8ARZ-10 Android Smart Phone - "APRSdroid" and "U2APRS" - APRS
"APRS Viewer" on Android for displaying APRS stations only, no beacon /
transmitting.
Using Kenwood's SkyCommand mode to operate HF with my HT
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