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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hi Michael,<br>
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here are 2 excellent pod-casts that helped me a lot to
understand most of APRS:<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://hamradio360.com/index.php/2017/01/24/ham-radio-360-all-about-aprs-with-w6kwf/">http://hamradio360.com/index.php/2017/01/24/ham-radio-360-all-about-aprs-with-w6kwf/</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://hamradio360.com/index.php/2017/03/07/ham-radio-360-aprs-follow-up-listener-qa/">http://hamradio360.com/index.php/2017/03/07/ham-radio-360-aprs-follow-up-listener-qa/</a><br>
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Kenneth, W6KWF is explaining almost everything during the ~3
hours of pod-cast. It's worth to take the time.<br>
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Kenneth is author of the digipeater software aprx and therefore
knows the protocol really well<br>
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(Scroll down to the bottom to get the audio player)<br>
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I think that should be a good start.<br>
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73,<br>
Martin DK3ML<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://repeatermap.de">https://repeatermap.de</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://dk3ml.de">http://dk3ml.de</a><br>
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<div>I am wanting to get into APRS and am rapidly
getting overwhelmed. My intent is to have APRS in
my vehicle to see stations around me and to allow
my home station to track me. I have a Raspberry Pi
with touchscreen and TNC-Pi connected to a Kenwood
HT with external antenna for the truck. That
station will run Xastir. Most of the home
monitoring I am assuming can be done with a
computer displaying <a href="http://aprs.fi">aprs.fi</a>.<br>
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I guess the first thing I am looking for is an APRS
for Dummies guide to help me get started. I'll need
to figure out how to configure the mobile for
reporting or beaconing or whatever it does.<br>
<br>
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I'm also trying to make sense of <a
href="http://aprs.fi">aprs.fi</a>. I see a ton of
icons on the map, but I have no idea what they all
are. I am especially confused by a large number of
what seem to be non-ham entities on there. I am seeing
fire lookout towers, tug boats and Navy ships, what
looks to be home weather stations, aircraft, and
others. Some of these show different identification
than ham callsigns, including aircraft numbers, marine
and commercial callsigns, and some kind of weather
identifiers.<br>
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From what I can gather, APRS depends on a lot of
digipeaters to receive data from mobile units and both
relay that info to other users as well as upload the
data to the <a href="http://aprs.fi">aprs.fi</a>
system, presumably via the Internet. I'm trying to
figure out how all that aspect functions as well.<br>
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Following the digipeater info is, what about areas out of
range of a digi? What are the procedures for putting a
digi in place? Do folks have portable digis that can be
deployed temporarily to serve a non-covered area for a
specific event or emergency? Do all digis have to be
connected to the Internet?<br>
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As you can see, overwhelmed. I know this is a lot of
questions. I probably have a lot more, but I don't know
enough yet to know what the questions are. Thanks for your
time in helping me get started.<br>
<br>
73,<br>
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Michael WA7SKG<br>
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<div>I am wanting to get into APRS and am rapidly
getting overwhelmed. My intent is to have APRS in my
vehicle to see stations around me and to allow my
home station to track me. I have a Raspberry Pi with
touchscreen and TNC-Pi connected to a Kenwood HT
with external antenna for the truck. That station
will run Xastir. Most of the home monitoring I am
assuming can be done with a computer displaying <a
href="http://aprs.fi" moz-do-not-send="true">aprs.fi</a>.<br>
<br>
</div>
I guess the first thing I am looking for is an APRS
for Dummies guide to help me get started. I'll need to
figure out how to configure the mobile for reporting
or beaconing or whatever it does.<br>
<br>
</div>
I'm also trying to make sense of <a
href="http://aprs.fi" moz-do-not-send="true">aprs.fi</a>.
I see a ton of icons on the map, but I have no idea what
they all are. I am especially confused by a large number
of what seem to be non-ham entities on there. I am
seeing fire lookout towers, tug boats and Navy ships,
what looks to be home weather stations, aircraft, and
others. Some of these show different identification than
ham callsigns, including aircraft numbers, marine and
commercial callsigns, and some kind of weather
identifiers.<br>
<br>
</div>
From what I can gather, APRS depends on a lot of
digipeaters to receive data from mobile units and both
relay that info to other users as well as upload the data
to the <a href="http://aprs.fi" moz-do-not-send="true">aprs.fi</a>
system, presumably via the Internet. I'm trying to figure
out how all that aspect functions as well.<br>
<br>
</div>
Following the digipeater info is, what about areas out of
range of a digi? What are the procedures for putting a digi
in place? Do folks have portable digis that can be deployed
temporarily to serve a non-covered area for a specific event
or emergency? Do all digis have to be connected to the
Internet?<br>
<br>
</div>
As you can see, overwhelmed. I know this is a lot of
questions. I probably have a lot more, but I don't know enough
yet to know what the questions are. Thanks for your time in
helping me get started.<br>
<br>
73,<br>
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Michael WA7SKG<br>
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