<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Here's yet another exciting announcement from your friends at the APRS Foundation!<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">We continue to hear two recurring themes (in no particular order):</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">1. There needs to be more accurate & up-to-date information on the APRS protocol.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">2. The ham community wants/needs a solid beginner's guide to APRS.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Enter <a href="https://how.aprs.works">https://how.aprs.works</a>! <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">While <a href="http://www.aprs.org">http://www.aprs.org</a> is technically the authoritative source for APRS, we fully recognize the site is challenging to navigate, dated-looking, contains stale information, etc.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">We wanted to get something in the hands of the APRS community as quickly as possible! There's not a lot of content yet, but you can contribute here! (More details below.)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">How APRS Works is a brand-new site that sits atop Ghost (<a href="https://ghost.org">https://ghost.org</a>), a blogging platform similar to WordPress. Ghost is much more modern, easier to work with, fast, and gorgeous!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">While the site is owned and managed by APRS Foundation Inc., it is for the entire amateur radio community worldwide! While we got things started, we do not want to be 100% responsible for writing the articles (nor do we have the time to do so).<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">How APRS Works is designed so that anyone can write posts. However, we want to ensure that the posts are accurate and reliable, so new posts will be moderated to ensure high quality and accuracy.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">If you are up to the task and interested in authoring documents for the site, you can use the Contact Us form on the APRS Foundation website to ask for an account, and we will send you an invitation.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Also, if you have other ideas about what content should be on the site, don't be shy—let us know!<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">We hope you're as excited about the new site as we are!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">-JeffH</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Jeffrey Hochberg - W4JEW</font><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">President</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">APRS Foundation Inc</font></div></div></div></div>
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