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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/29/2017 7:38 PM, Ralph Milnes
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<div>Is there a simple way to send APRS position reports by
phone? </div>
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<div>Normally I post by RF, but there are times when I don't
have my radio with me and I want to keep family and friends
updated on my position. I realize APRS was designed for RF
use, but I'm hoping to interest people in ham radio.. For
example, I'm headed from the US to Scotland shortly. I won't
have my radio or a computer there, but I still want to POSIT
occasionally. Is there a phone app (iPhone) or website that
would let me do this?</div>
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<div>Ralph NM5RM</div>
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Despite it's name, "Pocket Packet" in the Apple App Store is a
full-blown APRS client (not a generic send/receive packet terminal)
that does beaconing, messaging and mapping (if you have Internet
access to Google Maps). It can use the "i-Device" internal GPS or
an external one via Bluetooth. It uses Internet connections via
either WiFI or Cellular Data. It even has a sound system 1200 baud
soft TNC that can connect to a radio via the 3.5mm combined mic and
speaker jack. <br>
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I have successfully used Pocket Packet on several iPads and an iPod
Touch. I have connected it to a Wouxun KG-UV8D hand held, and to a
Yaesu FT-857 via it's 6-pin mini-DIN data port. Note that since the
I/O from the i-Gadget is strictly TX and RX audio (i.e. no PTT
line), the attached radio (or sound card interface) must have a VOX
function. (Nearly all the Chinese handhelds do.)<br>
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<hr size="2" width="100%">Stephen H. Smith wa8lmf (at) aol.com <br>
Skype: WA8LMF<br>
EchoLink: Node # 14400 [Think bottom of the 2-meter band]<br>
Home Page: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wa8lmf.net">http://wa8lmf.net</a><br>
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Live Off-The-Air APRS Activity Maps<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://wa8lmf.net/map"><http://wa8lmf.net/map></a><br>
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Long-Range APRS on 30 Meters HF <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://wa8lmf.net/aprs/HF_APRS_Notes.htm"><http://wa8lmf.net/aprs/HF_APRS_Notes.htm></a><br>
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