[TMRA] Digi Classes: APRS program at June meeting

[Jeffrey Pryor]

Hello all,

Steve KB9UPS and I are hosting an APRS program at the June meeting.
We'll also revisit the topic of APRS at the Q&A net the week prior to
the general meeting.  Any individuals with APRS capable equipment can
bring what they have to the meeting, that will help add to the
demonstration and equipment examples.   Below are some of the
additional details that will be going out in the TMRA newsletter.

Jeff

Digi Classes: APRS program at June meeting

Jeff KC8NNO and Steve KB9UPS will be offering an Introduction to APRS
presentation and conduct a basic APRS equipment demonstration at the
upcoming TMRA monthly General Meeting.  APRS stands for the Automatic
Packet Reporting System.  This educational APRS program will take
place at the Wednesday June 10th General Meeting which starts at 7:30
PM at the Electrical Industry Building in Rossford Ohio.

This program is a continuation of the latest series of 'digi
classes'--covering ham radio digital communications topics--and TMRA's
overall commitment to providing ongoing educational opportunities.
The program will consist of a presentation covering some of the basic
functionality and uses for APRS, an interactive 'on the air' equipment
demonstration, and as well as time for questions and answers and any
additional discussion.

The Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS) is an amateur radio based
system for real time tactical digital communications of information of
immediate value in the local area.  In North America, APRS data and
activity is primarily found in the 2 Meter band on 144.390 MHz.  In
addition, all such data is ingested into the APRS Internet system
(APRS-IS) and distributed globally for instant access. In addition to
messages, alerts, announcements and bulletins, the most visible aspect
of APRS is its map display. Anyone may place any object or information
on their map and it is distributed to all maps of all users in the
local RF network or monitoring the area via the Internet. Any station,
radio or object that has an attached GPS is automatically tracked.
Other prominent map features are weather stations, alerts and objects
and other map related amateur radio volunteer activities including
Search and Rescue and signal direction finding.

Individuals looking to learn more about the Automatic Packet Reporting
System and where they can apply APRS digital communications are
encouraged to attend the program and participate in the demonstration
and discussion.  Plenty of information is also available via the
Internet with http://www.aprs.org/ being a good place to start.