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I still can't quite accept that it's been more than 20 years since
that spec was released!<br>
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I was recently helping out with an EU-based citizen science
initiative that was at about the point APRS was before the spec -
with a very ad hoc system that everyone <i>thinks</i> they
understand but no one has exactly the same understanding of. John
Ackermann's introduction to the APRS spec perfectly explained the
problem and how it was addressed.<br>
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I think it made an impression on them, but it also made me realize
that a bunch of recent college grads probably consider it irrelevant
ancient history because it happened when they were in preschool. I
was their age when I started working on the OpenTracker, and got my
extra class license mostly just to be taken seriously in this SIG.
Now I'm one of the old farts going on about how we did it back in
the day.<br>
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Scott<br>
N1VG<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/24/2021 12:26 PM, John Gorkos
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cite="mid:64a1910a-7ef5-6788-e637-9abf9c25d850@gmail.com">Hear,
hear. I stand in awe of the work it took to put the spec
together. It was a mild curse, really more of a minor epithet, or
just a typographical grumble. :)
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de AB0OO
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On 10/24/21 10:32 AM, Steve Dimse wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">On Oct 24, 2021, at 3:10 AM,
Ian_Wade_G3NRW via aprssig <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:aprssig@lists.tapr.org"><aprssig@lists.tapr.org></a>
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On 23/10/2021 21:10, John Gorkos wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">APRS Spec 1.01: 29 AUG 2000, bottom of
page 65 (curse the editor that didn't put Table #s)....
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Gulp!
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Worry not Ian. In the Karmic Halls of Justice the occasional
curse is more than outweighed by the admiration, respect, and
appreciation of those of who were there and saw the work you put
in to make the spec happen!
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Steve K4HG
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