To me I can see that APRS could and has been a first responders best
friend.
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I've never seen a REAL first responder (non ham) use APRS for anything.
I've seen a bunch of hams running around with it doing special events and
things that are totally unrelated to being first responders to a
--- In dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com, "Nate Duehr" wrote:
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> Additionally Pete's talking about something else. having the
GATEWAYS
> monitor DPRS/position location data from user radios and
integrating those
> transmissions into the world-wide APRS servers. That's happening
today too.
No, I
Well a true APRS Radio has MSG features built in along with a ton of
others. But with the add-on of a PC it becomes alot more flexiable.
So any old AX .25 TNC and 2Meter rig will do. But MSG per line are
limited to 66 Characters I think it is. But with the use of the local
I-Gate (Internet) you
Well I thought this is basically what I said. Just as you put it.
With PC, Software and maybe Internet of course anything is possible.
But I left here last time thinking that NO it couldn't be done which
I couldn't understand. Because of over 3 paragraphs of discussion
about protocol. But I n
Randall,
I have to side with Pete on exactly what Pete just sent here.
Look at it this way, can you send SMS via your mobile radio
RIGHT NOW? Yes, then you have an aprs adapted Kenwood.
I am not going to go any further because your locked in
on that radio's features. Nothing we say will change tha
On two meters and 440, we have programs in use called D-Chat and
D-Rats that send data back and forth between users, either simplex or
through a repeater connected to the gateway. There is no high speed
data capability on two meters and 440 because high speed requires more
bandwidth than we have a
--- In dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com, "n0uyx" wrote:
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> why cant we send a MSG from one D-Star radio or user to the other?
I
> was told here that can't be done. But if we can send HIGH speed
I am going to approach this question from a different standpoint that
might make more sense to the no
--- In dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com, "n0uyx" wrote:
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> conferense. OK so we take a PC and hook it up to a D-Star radio and
> can run HIGH Speed DATA with it right? OK so this being the case then
> why cant we send a MSG from one D-Star radio or user to the other?
There are two different aspe
