APRS, the Beginning

ARRL contributing editor Gary Hoffman, KB0H, tells how he got started in the Amateur Radio Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS).

I became interested in APRS (Automatic Packet Reporting System) after watching a presentation on it a few years ago.

The presenter described some of the interesting things that could be done with APRS, which, I think, sold many of us right then and there. Maps showing the locations of cars, boats, people, parade floats, bicycles and especially balloons were a real eye-opener.

Read the full ARRL story at
http://www.arrl.org/news/the-amateur-amateur-
aprs-the-beginning

UI-View Windows APRS Software
http://www.ui-view.org/

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http://www.southgatearc.org/articles/g0ftd/
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http://www.truckcam.tv/