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Re: APRS portable without PC ?



The PK-96 http://www.timewave.com/pk96.html can work APRS with just a TNC, GPS
and radio. Also how about the Kenwood THD7A - a radio and TNC in one - just add
GPS.

73's

Don Woodward
KD4APP
AMSAT 33535
kd4app@amsat.org
http://kd4app.webhop.org


----- Original Message -----
From: "William Leijenaar" <pe1rah@hotmail.com>
To: <amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 09:43
Subject: [amsat-bb] APRS portable without PC ?


Hi AMSATs,

I am already long time looking for some easy solution to send messages via
satellites. What I like to have is some small battery powered portable
station.

Last time I hear many amateurs about APRS, so I did surfing on the internet.
I was little suprissed what I found. All the programs need PCs to let the
system work. It is even very tricky to have an GPS with TNC haha.
The only thing APRS does do is recieve GPS data and send it to the nearest
digi.

Is there no TNC EPROM program that can do this stand-alone ?
Just GPS connected to TNC and ready....
Or RS232 terminal to TNC and ready to send messages via APRS...
(packet I already have it portable without PC) :-)

Sometimes I really don't understand why such simple modes have to work with
so fast computers and complex computer programs.

73 de PE1RAH, William
---





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