Bob, WB4APR, the creator of APRS (Automatic Packet Reporting System) introduced the term: APRS operator. He wrote about it here. It really gets me thinking about the possibilities of APRS besides position reporting. As Bob writes: “A perfect example of an APRS operator data entry station is a home station where a volunteer can serve…
PI2NOS-repeater latest developments
Our local repeater in Hilversum, PI2NOS is undergoing some real exciting changes at the moment. Due to regulations this is one of the 70cm repeaters that is not bound to regional reach. That means it may be capable to receive and transmit in the whole country. Traditionally PI2NOS is situated in Hilversum with it’s antenna’s…
APRS-hole in my daily commute: a solution
There is a APRS-hole in my daily commute route. On my daily bike ride of 18 kilometers (11,2 miles) one way I have APRS switched on on my Kenwood TH-D72. The Netherlands has a pretty wide network of APRS digipeaters. When my packets hits one of those digipeaters, I’ll show up on aprs.fi. Because of…