SSID info:
KV4S – is my main SSID on the computer with RF APRS and messaging or if I’m traveling lite with my phone and the BTech UV-Pro.
KV4S-7 – HT APRS on my FT-5DR with messaging.
KV4S-9 – mobile APRS on my FTM-300D with messaging.
I also use Asynchronous messaging with APRS (APMAIL) – documentation on usage: https://aprs.wiki/mail/
KV4S-1 – Windows11 Direwolf Digipeater for Chelsea area use.
KV4S-2 – Raspberry Pi iGATE/Digipeater for home/portable use.
KV4S-3 – DPRS from DSTAR – Beacon Only
KV4S-4 – APRS and DMR APRS from my Anytone DMR radio’s – Beacon Only.
Anything else is a hotspot; no need to interact.
I’ve enjoyed APRS almost as long as the service has been around.
I got my start somewhere around the 2001/2002 timeframe when I built a tracker from the TinyTrak3Plus kit (prior to fully built units) and with the help of one of my Elmers Bert KG4BEC we soldered the kit together and built a custom interface cable to it and my FT-2500M radio that I wasn’t using much after getting an HF radio. Then we built an interface cable between the TinyTrak and the Garmin eTrex Venture and its serial connector.
Now, I’m running the running a Digipeater/IGate at home that I built using a Raspberry Pi, FT-25 HT, and a DigiRig sound card and I use it along with a Yaesu FT-5DR for messaging and such. Blog post here. Then, a second project to hopefully provide a Chealsea area Digipeater is the Chealsea area hams and I can find a site, I build another Pi digipeater this one interfacing with my old FT-2500M.
An APRS radio can tune to your beacon status frequency! For more info check out: http://aprsisce.wikidot.com/doc:qsy
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