[NCARC] Can anyone help me decipher these APRS messages?

[Dick Burke]

Thank you both for your answers. I will go to the TAPR site for even more
info. Thanks again!

On Monday, September 29, 2014, Willis Whatley <whatley52 at comcast.net> wrote:

> Hi Dick,
>
> Most APRS packets are in a format used by the various APRS application like
> APRSIS32 or UIVIEW.
> The header line that is common to all Packet transmissions:(such as
> W0UPS-5*,N0ESQ-1,N0KZ-5,TDAD,ANGFIR,ELKMTN,SANDIA,WIDE3 <UI pid=F0
> Len=70>[14:32:37]
> is usually followed by some form of data.
>
> As an example in the data line:
> @282036z4032.88N/10506.57W_119/002g007t077r000p000P000h45b10173.DsVP
> 282036 is the time the data was generated by the WX station
> 4032.88N/10506.57W is the location of the station
> The remainder is the WX data such as:
> Current temp (77)
> Current rain (000)
> Last 24 hrs rain (000)
> Current humidity (45%)
> Current barometer (10173)
> WX station type (Davis VantagePro)
>
> @282036z4032.88N/10506.57W_119/002g007t077r000p000P000h45b10173.DsVP
>
>
> Other packets have various formats that may include brief test messages.
>
> The APRS applications normally decode the packets and display then on a map
> of the region that can be sized for the area of interest.
> The APRSIS32 is a free download with good help info for setup and use on
> the
> website.
>
> (UIVIEW used to be a very popular APRS application but it does not pull
> "live" maps from the internet and the creator went SK many years ago.)
>
>
> 73,
>
> WA5VRL
> Willis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NCARC [mailto:ncarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net <javascript:;>] On
> Behalf Of Dick Burke
> Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2014 4:24 PM
> To: ncarc at mailman.qth.net <javascript:;>
> Subject: [NCARC] Can anyone help me decipher these APRS messages?
>
> I understand the times in Zulu(UTC) and the latitude and longitude but much
> of the message is "code" to me.
>
>
> I am using SignaLink as a "TNC". If there are programs out there that use
> these "codes" I would like to know.
>
>
> Thank you for any and all help.
>
>
> Dick de N2TOY
>
>
> 1:Fm K7RE-1 To APOTC1 Via WY7ATH-1,W0UPS-5*,WIDE2-1 <UI pid=F0 Len=65
> >[14:31:46]
>
> /282031z/9V$W3z{>>zWG/A=006400 14.3V 34C CNT00000 HDOP01.0 SATS09
>
>
>
> 1:Fm K7RE-1 To APOTC1 Via WY7ATH-1,W0UPS-5*,WIDE2-1 <UI pid=F0 Len=34
> >[14:31:46]
>
> T#012,160,199,217,231,228,00000010
>
>
>
> 1:Fm N1GEP-1 To T0PURT Via W0UPS-5,WIDE1*,WIDE2-1 <UI pid=F0 Len=29
> >[14:32:00]
>
> `q\;qpup/'"D[}|&Y&=(-|!w5b!|3
>
>
>
> 1:Fm WA5VRL-2 To APRS Via
> W0UPS-5*,N0ESQ-1,N0KZ-5,TDAD,ANGFIR,ELKMTN,SANDIA,WIDE3 <UI pid=F0 Len=70
> >[14:32:37]
>
> @282036z4032.88N/10506.57W_119/002g007t077r000p000P000h45b10173.DsVP
>
>
>
> 1:Fm K7RE-1 To APOTC1 Via WY7ATH-1,W0UPS-5*,WIDE2-1 <UI pid=F0 Len=65
> >[14:32:46]
>
> /282032z/9U333zvt>yWG/A=006395 14.3V 36C CNT00000 HDOP01.0 SATS09
>
>
>
> 1:Fm K7RE-1 To APOTC1 Via WY7ATH-1,W0UPS-5*,WIDE2-1 <UI pid=F0 Len=65
> >[14:33:52]
>
> /282033z/9T at W3zs)>yXG/A=006391 14.4V 36C CNT00000 HDOP01.0 SATS09
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Dick Burkhartzmeyer