With a budget of $300 to $350, I am considering installing a Weather Station/Digi. I have a 2m radio that I suspect will be used, so that will not be coming...
Hello Travis, Have you had any luck finding wx station info? I am using a 1-wire wx station from a company called AAG. It is connected directly to my igate...
Hi name is Don..call N6AZD in Hornsby, Tn. I run a Lacross 2310 weather station on vhf and internet through UIVIEW 32..Radio is a 1500M locked in on 144.390. I...
Don, I am glad to see that you use Heavy WX and, I think, the same station that I have. I live in Henderson (KE5IZ) and teach at Freed-Hardeman. My APRS is...
Hi Gary.. Im using UI-View 32 and it has support for the Lacross w2310...and it works just fine..there was a small problem at first but it finally got ironed...
Its that time of year again and the aprs CQSRVR is working great. Just in case you missed it, last year just prior to FD time, Pete AE5PL designed and setup...
Hello, W4TX and I have been playing with sending a one line email with his TM-D710A. The message is transmitted and goes through an Igate but is never sent as...
Hey Fred, How did you address the msg? To send a msg via email send it TO email and in the very first part of the msg, put the email address where your...
Hi Richard, Thanks for the response. Best I remember it was: EMAIL w4tx@... this is a test. It is rather slow and cumbersome and I am not very familiar...
Here is a blog posting by N5FDL David Coursey. He had some comments about aprs and I wanted to share them with you. I am also posting the reply by WB4APR Bob...
Here is the response to the original posting by N5FDL. I hope everyone gets some great information from these posts. Richard <QUOTED TEXT BELOW> I received...
One way you could use APRS in an emergency situation is with Skywarn. The net control station could keep up with spotters in the field. As far as the...
Eric is correct in an earlier post about using APRS in Skywarn activities, or even other activities such as ARES/RACES. I agree with Mr Bob Brunig about the...
I totally agree. In this area we use Skywarn awareness for nets all the time. I have suggested in the past a skywarn type of net for aprs but it never took...
Hey Everyone, I would have to say that since I have had my license I have used APRS more then I have anything Amateur Radio. I got interested in the program...
Hello Everyone, This is to notify the West Tennessee Region ARES Assistant Section EC, ARES District 1, 2, & 3 EC's, County ARES EC's and County Assistant ARES...
The Alcorn County Amateur Radio Emergency Services or ACARES will be holding a license test session on Saturday March 7 at 10:00 AM. The test will be held at...
I am setting up a simple APRS relay here in Gibson county. I am using a PaCCom handipacket controller with APRS firmware. I have the system relaying wide1-1...
Hello Roy, That Btext looks ok, so maybe the tx audio is too low/distorted/high, etc... I would definitely check that first. Also, I would recommend reading...
I've had a Yaesu VX8r for a few weeks now and have finally had the time to familiarize myself with it. If anyone has any questions or anyone wants me to post a...
Post a review if you don't mind. I have heard many things about it. I like the Yaesu/Vertex brand, and I believe they make good products, but I haven't heard...
Hello to everyone: I have had requests for a VX8r review to be posted here, so here it is. I have owned this radio about a month and have been able to try out...
Great review, Roy ! :-) I also have the VX-8R and I love it !!! Yes, it isn't cheap and yes you should have the heavier duty battery. I splurged on many of the...
Hello I would like to let everyone know that I have set up a digi for Gibson County. There is no other Digi in this county, and I hope by having one it will...
Thanks for your efforts Roy, Its great to see new life in the aprs community. If you or anyone knows of people interested in aprs, send them over here so...
Some of you have noticed that our Tier2 APRS server has been down a lot these last couple of weeks. We would reboot the machine and in a matter of hours it...
Hello everyone, I copied the following message from the national aprs group, and wanted to share it with you all. It was posted by Tim Cunningham N8DEU about a...
Just a quick auto-introduction to the group. This is Alan, WB5RMG - in Madison - western side of Huntsville AL. I have had on-and-off history with APRS, but I...
Hello everyone, Occasionally, I run across someone trying to get rid of perfectly good computers. A lot of folks don't feel comfortable throwing them in the...