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<p>I know this is only the tip of the iceberg, but my
digipeater/igate NEWBRY transmits objects for a few local
repeaters, with the proper format so people can use their QSY/Tune
buttons. <br>
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<p>When our local ARES groups do public service events like bike
rides and runs, I will often transmit objects (with a short path
or none at all) that represent key locations such as rest stops
and first aid stations.</p>
<p>What other cool things should we be doing? <br>
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<p>- Dave<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/30/16 12:39 PM, Robert Bruninga
wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">APRS and its APRS-IS cloud are not being
used to their full potential of “Big data”…</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The original intent of APRS in its 1992
paper at DCC was to be a single information resource channel
to maintain real-time situational awareness of *<b>everything</b>*
going on in HAM RADIO is an area. Everything we could think
of to identify our activities, station capabilities and
actions was included in the format.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The idea was, tune to 144.39, monitor for
10 minutes, and you would see everything going on in Ham radio
in your area, on any and all bands and any and all activites,
nets, frequencies, contests, meetings, eyeballs, and what you
were building, installing, whatever. If you were doing *<b>it</b>*
then there was a packet on APRS announcing it live (for the
duration).</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">All we got instead, was a wasted decade of
one-way GPS trackers with no one even looking at what was
going on in their area.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Are you doing something useful right now in
Ham radio? Are you beaconing it?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">APRSdos even had a human-present detector
(any keys or mouse movement) and if so, your home station
symbol changed to indicate “operator present” and of course
(by 2004) your voice monitoring frequency was included in your
beacon.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Anyway, what else can we do with “big
data”? I always wanted to write a “special event “ detector
that would note any “convergence” of specialty mobiles in an
area… thus, alerting one to an emergency response or
something,…</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">SO much fun… so little time…</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Bob, WB4APR</p>
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