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APRSPoint

An Introduction

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Features

• Integrated, detailed and zoomable street-level maps for North America and Europe

• Ability to track multiple stations on the map simultaneously

• Station signal range plot

• Ability to filter reports by multiple criteria

• APRS messaging support

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Features

• Easy and intuitive interface

• Support for AGWPE

• Printable, searchable and routable maps

• Support of GPS or Kenwood radio with GPS

• Support of Peet Bros. weather stations

• QRZ.com integration

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Basic Configurations

• RF

– TNC

– AGWPE

– Kenwood Radios (D700 & D7)

• Internet Client

• Weather Station

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Applications

• Home Station

• Mobile Station

• Weather Station

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System Requirements

• Windows 98 or greater

• MapPoint 2002 North America or Europe(can be purchased at a discount with APRSPoint)

• TNC-2 or AGWPE for RF operation

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Mapping

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Tracking

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Filtering

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Messaging

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Settings

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APRS Path Settings

• RELAY – Only use as first entry in path

• WIDE – Should only appear once as first or second entry

• WIDEn-n – Should only appear once as first or second entry

• TRACEn-n –For temporary experimentation only

• GATE – Means “gate packet to HF”

• NOGATE, RFONLY – Mean “don’t gate to Internet”

• TCPIP, TCPXX, qXX – APRS-IS only

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Recommended Paths

• Mobile – RELAY,WIDE or RELAY,WIDE2-2

• Portable – RELAY,WIDE or RELAY,WIDE2-2

• Fixed – DIGICALL, DIGICALL,WIDE or DIGICALL,WIDE2-2

• Digis – No path

• Special Events – RELAY or RELAY,WIDE

• Airmobile – WIDE or WIDE2-2

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Recommended Beacon Rates

• Mobile – 3 minutes minimum, SmartBeacon preferred with 3 minute minimum

• Portable – 10 minute minimum, 20 minute preferred

• Fixed – 20 to 30 minutes

• Weather – 10 minute minimum, 15 minute preferred

• Airmobile – 5 minute minimum

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Searchable Maps

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Routable Maps

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Station Info

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Integrated Help File

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Q & A

• http://www.aprspoint.com

• Pete Loveall AE5PLpete@ae5pl.net