<div dir="ltr">Greetings Everyone,<div><br></div><div>I have been lurking on this group for a while. I agree with Andrew, there is a wealth of information on <a href="http://www.aprs.org">http://www.aprs.org</a>, but the way it is currently organized is very difficult for a "newbie" to find a good, concise "recipe" for their first APRS setup and configuration. When I first started getting interested in APRS, I dug through the site and was quickly lost in the sea of information. I eventually figured it out and got on the air using a borrowed KPC3+ and some homebrewed cables. I'm still not 100% sure I have my KPC3+ configured correctly, but I have confirmed through <a href="http://aprs.fi">http://aprs.fi</a> and running XASTIR with an internet only connection that I am getting something reasonable transmitted over RF.</div><div><br></div><div>From a "newbie" perspective, I would like to see a configuration guide, showing the common TNC's as well as recommendations on proper timings and settings. I would also like to see some real-world examples of both hardware and software configurations for those of us who do not have a Kenwood rig with a built-in TNC. I was able to find some websites with information like this, but it was specific to their personal use, not a generalized document that Andrew appears to want to create.</div><div><br></div><div>I would like to help with this documentation project, however I am already over-committed (work, family and commitments to SJRA). I should be able to find time to review the document. Please contact me off-list to coordinate.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Burton, NJ2IT</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 11:14 AM, Andrew P. via aprssig <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org" target="_blank">aprssig@tapr.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Well, that's the most obvious raw source of information, but it is not organized as a clear and efficient tutorial for the newbie, hence my proposed documentation project. I expect much information from WB4APR's website would be included or referenced in the
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">From:</span></b> Andrew P. via aprssig <<a href="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org" target="_blank">aprssig@tapr.org</a>><br>
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> [aprssig] is there a complete APRS primer out there?<br>
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<div>I've been receiving complaints/suggestions from my software users regarding the difficulty of properly configuring an APRS station to "play nicely" with others. Does anyone know of a good complete summary for the APRS
newbie that explains how (and why) they should set up their station a particular way so both they and other users will have optimal use of the APRS network? Things like:</div>
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<li>symbol choices,</li><li>SSID preferences,</li><li>tocall values,</li><li>propagation, bandwidth, and local capacity (aloha limit) issues,<br>
</li><li>beaconing rates and digipeat paths, especially for the special cases of fixed station, mobile station, and fixed digipeater announcing Local Information about repeaters for mobile users,<br>
</li><li>transmit power and antenna height,</li><li>geographically where it is good vs. bad to deploy a digipeater, Rx-only I-gate, or Tx I-gate,</li><li>special rules for the balloon and rocket trackers, and even for ground-based Tx-only trackers,<br>
</li><li>etc., etc., etc.</li></ul>
<div>If no one knows of a good document that I can point them at, I would like to start composing/compiling one, based on the collected (or, more accurately, scattered) wisdom we've accrued over the past 20+ years of APRS operations. In the latter case, suggestions
of good partial documents that I can draw upon for wisdom would also be appreciated. I'm looking to end up with a single document (or small set of linked web pages) that isn't product-specific, but applies to all vendors and types of hardware and software,
doing special cases by function (tracker vs. digipeater, for example) rather than by specific product instances.</div>
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<div>If we can come up with something like this, we should then reference it from everywhere to cut down on the repeated "How do I set up my station?" requests we keep getting because it _is_ difficult to figure out until you become a wizard that understands
in detail the innards of how the network works.</div>
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<div>Just my $.02.</div>
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<div>author of YAAC ("Yet Another APRS Client")</div>
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