APRS (Automatic Packet Reporting System) is a digital radio communication system used by amateur-radio operators to share real-time location, weather, messages, and other data over radio networks. You can find multiple ‘APRS identities’ of my callsign. I will explain what the do.
PA8E-5
PA8E-5 is my iOS app on my phone which I mainly use to beacon my position if I don’t have a radio at my disposal. For instance if we are traveling to our holiday accommodation in a car that hasn’t a radio in it (yet), I’ll always use my iOS app to beacon.
PA8E-7
If you go back in time enough, you will find PA8E-7 which I use to beacon with my handy talky. I use to own a Kenwood HT-D72 back in the day. But that APRS identity is not active for now.
PA8E-9
PA8E-9 is my Kenwood TM-D710GE in my car. Although I do not drive much at the moment.
PA8E-10
PA8E-10 is my home station. It runs on a Kenwood TM-D710E. There is a Peet Bros Ultimeter2100 attached to it and it’s connected via RS232-interface to a RaspberryPi which runs aprx. This forms a iGate to APRS-IS.
PA8E-11
PA8E-11 is my D-star Hotspot which is placed at my QTH in Barlieu, France.
PA8E-13
PA8E-13 is actually the same weather data which can be found on PA8E-10 but more detailed. That is because the weather application weeWX, which is reading my Ultimeter2100 constantly, is pushing the data to APRS-IS under this callsign.