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Table of Contents

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Prologue

Amateurs Building the New Global Communications Network ....1

APRS Action ...............................................................................1

New Technology Expands Amateur Radio Versatility ..................1

01 APRS Operations (Written by Bob Bruninga, WB4APR)

APRS Overview ..........................................................................2

History ................................................................................................ 2

Local Information Exchange ................................................................ 2

Mobile Information Resource .............................................................. 2

Situational Awareness ......................................................................... 3

Participation ........................................................................................ 3

Ubiquitous Operations ................................................................3

APRS Global Internet System .....................................................4

KENWOOD Contributions ...........................................................4

APRS in the Field ........................................................................5

Other Data Entry Stations ...........................................................6

02 Preparations for using APRS

WhatDoINeedtoCongure? ....................................................7

Conguration ..............................................................................8

Built‑in Clock ....................................................................................... 8

MY CALLSIGN .................................................................................... 9

BEACON TYPE ................................................................................... 9

DATA BAND ........................................................................................ 9

PACKET SPEED ............................................................................... 10

My Position ....................................................................................... 10

Using an External GPS Receiver ............................................................10

Not Using an External GPS Receiver .....................................................10

Entering Your Position Manually when not Using the GPS Information ... 10

POSITION COMMENT ..................................................................... 11

STATUS TEXT ................................................................................... 11

APRS ICON ...................................................................................... 12

Method of BEACON Transmission .................................................... 12

PACKET PATH .................................................................................. 12

SOUND ............................................................................................. 13

Setting the APRS Channel ................................................................ 13

03 GPS

WhatisGPS? ...........................................................................14

Position Determination Principle ....................................................... 14

Datum (Geodetic Survey System) ..................................................... 14

GPS and APRS Position Format ............................................................15

GPS Receivers .........................................................................15

Garmin GPS18xPC ........................................................................... 15

AvMap G5/G6 ................................................................................... 16

Other GPS Receivers ........................................................................ 16

Settings for Geodetic Survey System ................................................ 16

Internal GPS (TM‑D710GA/GE only) ................................................ 16

GPS Satellite Information Display (TM‑D710GA/GE only) ................ 17

Automatic Adjustment of the Built‑in Clock ....................................... 17

North Up and Heading Up ................................................................. 18

NMEA Sentence Output (TM‑D710GA/GE only)............................... 19

Log Function (TM‑D710GA/GE only) ................................................ 20

Mark Waypoint (TM‑D710GA/GE only) ............................................. 23

Target Point (TM‑D710GA/GE only) .................................................. 23

SBAS (TM‑D710GA/GE only) ........................................................... 24

04 APRS Software for Your PC

UI‑View32 .................................................................................25

Introduction to UI‑View32 .................................................................. 25

Connecting a PC ............................................................................... 26

HowtoCongureUI-View32 ............................................................. 26

Available APRS‑related Software ..............................................28

05 APRS in Action

Let’s Go Mobile .........................................................................29

Summary .......................................................................................... 29

Automatic Reply Function ...................................................................... 29

Voice Announcement Mode ................................................................... 29

Entering Characters ...............................................................................29

Decay Algorithm Function ................................................................. 30

Proportional Pathing Function ........................................................... 30

Simultaneously using Decay Algorithm and Proportional Pathing ..... 31

SmartBeaconing (Written by Steve Bragg, KA9MVA) ....................... 31

Variable Rate Beaconing (Transmission Interval Changes

with Speed) ............................................................................................ 31

Corner Pegging (Transmission after Heading Change) ..........................33

Operation Example ................................................................................35

QSY Function .................................................................................... 35

Transmitting QSY Information .................................................................35

Receiving QSY Information ....................................................................37

QSY Functions and EchoLink .................................................................37

Message Function ............................................................................. 37

Automatic Reply Message .....................................................................37

Message Speech Synthesis ...................................................................38

TX Beep ................................................................................................. 38

Base Station (Weather Station) .................................................39

Using Meteorological Equipment ...................................................... 39

Davis Instruments Corp. ......................................................................... 39

Peet Bros. Company, Inc. .......................................................................40

06 APRS Networks

Servers .....................................................................................41

IGate .........................................................................................41

Let’s Send Email .......................................................................42

Sending Email with the TM‑D710 and RC‑D710 ............................... 42

Digipeaters (Digital Repeaters) .................................................43

UIDIGI ............................................................................................... 44

UIFLOOD .......................................................................................... 44

UITRACE .......................................................................................... 44

CongurationExamples(U.S.A.) ...................................................... 45

ProperConguration(WrittenbyBobBruninga,WB4APR) .............. 46

Packet Path ...............................................................................47

New‑N Paradigm ............................................................................... 47

RELAY Paradigm .............................................................................. 47

STATE/ SECTION/ REGION ............................................................. 47

Using APRS and EchoLink Simultaneously ..............................48

Transmitting Node Information .......................................................... 48

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