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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">A couple of facts:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">POCSAG protocol (FLEX is another) transmission and reception gear are based on FSK modulation and operate in the 512/1200/2400 speeds.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Receiving pagers exist for
<b>VHF</b> and <b>UHF</b> bands (900MHz). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">a.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Each country/region has a pre-allocated range of vhf/uhf band plans for POCSAG operations.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span>i.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Frequencies can be found in the Phil Anderson W0XI documents from links below<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">There are
<b>Two broad</b> methods of “baking in” the frequency at which receiving pagers operate in:
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">a.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Synthesized</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> (software programmable w/I a pre-defined range
of frequencies) or <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">b.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">or
<b>Crystallized</b> (crystal based pre-set frequency; non-s/w programmable). <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">c.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Synthesized pagers are cheaper cost-to-own and easier to reprogram to a different frequency so long as they’re, w/I a pre-destined h/w range.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">d.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">While Crystalized ones are more expensive to program, to operate on a frequency and require a hardware install of a pre-configured crystal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">TWO</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">
<b>Types</b> of pagers available in market today. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">a.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Numeric</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> (predominantly 1 line readout pagers).
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">b.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Alpha-numeric</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> (range btwn 1 to 4 line readouts).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">c.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Manufacturers include
<b>Motorola Gold Advisor</b>, <b>Apollo</b> and some not so well known <b>Chinese/Taiwanese</b> manufacturers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">d.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Typical Costs
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span>i.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Synthesized : range from
<b>$10</b> (used, 1-2 liners, a few years old) <b>to $60</b> (new, 4 liners)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Programmable using proprietary programming h/w cradle and software (Motorola as an example)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span>ii.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Crystalized : typically from
<b>$10 </b>(used, 1-2 liners from few years old). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Programming is not possible. Very expensive to custom fit w/ a new crystal typically $20+ more)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">5.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">HAM gear for Encoding/Transmission<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">a.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">One could purchase a POCSAG encoder/transmitter for
<b>~$110 - ~$140</b> from Taiwanese companies. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">b.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">One could also use
<b>Kantronics 9612+</b>. The <b><u>KPC 9612+ has a built in POCSAG shell</u></b> in it and
<b>works really well</b>. You will need a TRx radio and a PC to program the KPC setup to transmit<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">6.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Resources:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">a.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I have collated a few POCSAG publicly available documents; can be downloaded for reference here:
<a href="http://1drv.ms/1DzwmTL">http://1drv.ms/1DzwmTL</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">b.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Of course, there’s the Wiki page:
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POCSAG">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POCSAG</a><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">I’m no expert in POCSAG, but, still experimenting and learning all about it.
<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">Hope this helps<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">Nagi<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"><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Robert Bruninga [mailto:bruninga@usna.edu]
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 23, 2015 3:00 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Nagi Punyamurthula <n0agi@n0agi.com>; TAPR APRS Mailing List <aprssig@tapr.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [aprssig] Fwd: QIKCOM-2 SPoken Messages<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Fill me in on what kind of POCSAG pagers are available to hams on the receiving end? They used to be VERY cheap. Now?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Bob</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<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"> Nagi Punyamurthula [mailto:<a href="mailto:n0agi@n0agi.com">n0agi@n0agi.com</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 23, 2015 12:16 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Robert Bruninga; TAPR APRS Mailing List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [aprssig] Fwd: QIKCOM-2 SPoken Messages</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Bob, et al;</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Wanted to run this idea by you all;</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Over the last couple of months, I have been playing w/ building a prototype for POCSAG pager service to ride on top of APRS backbone. A short video can be found
here (early stages)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">the prototype’s objectives:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">1.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#1F497D">
</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Station A</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> can send an APRS message of type POCSAG over the air on the network.
The message would obviously include the standard APRS message structure, except include the POCSAG “type ID” as part of the message.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">2.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#1F497D">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Stations identifying themselves as POCSAG capable (that is stations equipped w/ a POCSAG Tx/Encoder, that know how to parse and send an encoded POCSAG message), will react
to this APRS message type, parse out the message and send an encoded POCSAG message thru its own POCSAG infrastructure and gate the packet to APRS-IS and mark it as “processed”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">a.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#1F497D">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Details are yet TB defined of course</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">3.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#1F497D">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">If Stations hearing these type of packets are NOT POCSAG capable, will hopefully digipeat so to move the message forward.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">As you can tell, NOT all details have been fleshed out yet. I am still noodling this idea and would love to include others of similar interest in expanding the
APRS web if you will.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Would this be a good candidate for a satellite type digipeating ? may be, may be not</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Just brainstorming as an idea, that’s all</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Thanks</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Nagi</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><a href="http://N0AGI.com/">http://N0AGI.com/</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> aprssig [<a href="mailto:aprssig-bounces@tapr.org">mailto:aprssig-bounces@tapr.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Robert Bruninga via aprssig<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 22, 2015 10:50 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> TAPR APRS Mailing List <<a href="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org">aprssig@tapr.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [aprssig] Fwd: QIKCOM-2 SPoken Messages</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Well, took a few moments and here are some of my ideas. I just realized I can allow a single digit modifier, so the digit can go from 0 to 8.<br>
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Demonstrating APRStt at Hamfest<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Demonstrating APRStt to friends<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am on schedule.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I may be delayed N hours<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I may be delayed N days<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I May be early N days<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I may go farther N stops<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are camping and enjoying it greatly.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are hiking and enjoying it greatly.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are sailing and enjoying it greatly<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Call me on my cell<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Call my cell on the hour.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Or there can maybe be 1-to-8 different whole word modifiers too. Like:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Please Send ___ (Money, food, water, supplies, shoes, sleeping bag, blanket,fuel)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are operating on ___ power (Solar, wind, battery, generator, emergency)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are staying with ____ (Mom, dad, sister, brother, uncle, aunt,friends)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Please pass to ____ (Mom, dad, sister, brother, uncle, aunt,friends)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Just thinkin...<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Bob, WB4APR<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 11:11 PM, Robert Bruninga <<a href="mailto:bruninga@usna.edu" target="_blank">bruninga@usna.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Inviting proposed standard messages for the next APRS Satellite:<br>
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Our next QIKCOM-2 APRS satellite will accept 2 digit uplink DTMF messages to be spoken on the downlink. We have already programmed all of the ARRL standard radio grams and emergency messages.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">But there is room for more. So think.... What kind of message would you want to send (that is not included in the existing ones) from your HT out in the wilderness. At a hamfest? or any other HAM Radio event
or opportunity. Keep them simple and of the same order of length as the existing ones.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">The existing ones are listed here:<br>
<a href="http://nts.ema.arrl.org/node/30" target="_blank">http://nts.ema.arrl.org/node/30</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">But the implementation cannot include blanks for fill-in like the regular ones. But any sentence that stands alone can work.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Just thought I'd open it up. Plenty of RAM and only 1 week before delivery...<o:p></o:p></p>
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