APRS By Jim Mastrogiovanni KK5RZ December 14, 2006.
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APRS
By Jim Mastrogiovanni KK5RZDecember 14, 2006
APRS was developed in the early 1990's by Bob Bruninga, WB4APR, for digital communications and tracking mobile GPS equipped stations
utilizing Amateur two-way radio.
•Stations• Locations• Objects• Tracks• Areas
• Weather• Assets
APRS stands for Automatic Packet Reporting Station
APRS can keep track of:
APRS also provides short text messaging capability
APRS Equipment
$47.00 built and tested with case$38.00 Kit with case
TinyTrak3
TinyTrak3
Transmit only TNC
Fixed Beaconing
Smart Beaconing
Primary and secondary configuration
Transmit hold off on “busy” frequency
$179 to $199 depending on the vendor
Kantronics KPC3+
Full featured TNC tx/rx
remote access digipeat
A 2 meter capable transceiver -hand held or mobile rig
Garmin GPS 18 PC or LVC$70 to $129.99 depending…
GPS
PC
Some examples of APRS stations
Transmit only tracker configuration
GPSNMEA 0189 serial output
Transmit only TNC
2M transceiver on 144.390 MHz
Full featured APRS station
Personal Computer running APRS software
Full TX/RX TNC
Transceiver tuned to 144.390
GPSNMEA 0189 serial output
optional
Igate APRS station
Personal Computer running APRS software
Full TX/RX TNC
Transceiver tuned to 144.390
your.isp.com
Internet APRS Server
Full TX/RX TNC
Transceiver tuned to 144.390
RF APRS Tracking Station
Personal Computer running APRS software
Full TX/RX TNCGPS and Remote Access enabled
Transceiver tuned to 144.390
Re-configurable stand alone APRS tracker
GPSNMEA 0189 serial output
Internet based APRS
your.isp.com
APRS Server
Igate stations RF to Internet gating worldwide
PC running APRS client software
Large Quantities of APRS Data
Some Local APRS Activity Screen Captures
Mobile Stations collected via RF from my QTH near Bergheim
Fixed Stations collected via RF from my QTH
KK5RZ-9 track on a recent trip to San Antonio
SA Marathon all reports all stations
Trip to SARC Meeting December 14, 2006
Trip to SARC Meeting December 14, 2006Slide 2
Demonstrations
Software
Tracker
Portable Station