APRS POSITION

[doctor]

WHERE do I find my exact APRS position....
TNX
DOCTOR/795

 

[Moleculo]

Do you mean like on a website, or in the APRS beacon raw data?

 

[doctor]

APRS

Something I can put my call sign in and come out showing aprs position<home>...

DOCTOR/795

 

[Qwazyone]

Enter your callsign on qrz.com and click the search button, it should be close, and if it isn't register and/or login to correct your location on the map and the update should also correct the coordinates

 

[W5LZ]

Here's one web site that might be what you are looking for.

http://aprs.fi/?

There's a 'catch' though, for your APRS beacon to show up, you first have to have an APRS beacon running on 144.390 Mhz. Without that, there's nothing to 'show up'. Also be aware that since this involves the internet, the results are not going to be 'real time' very often, if ever. The 'lag' time can vary from just a few seconds to a few days.

Then there's always the 'real time' way of doing it which means getting the information from your radio, then sending it to a computer to display it. That radio typically is a transceiver which will be doing both beaconing and receiving broadcast information. Or, it can be just a receiver (scanner?) to do the displaying. Naturally, that means that the area covered by that receiver is going to determine 'how much' it will 'hear' to display. That can also include any relayed information which typically means more than you'd expect. 'Filtering', usually by distance from you, is one way of 'un-complicating' it a bit. It also means you will have to have the appropriate software to do all that displaying (and gets into how 'simple/cheap' all that is, and there's a -huge- variation in that!).
I think a good thing to do is find an APRS forum and see what/how other people do all that. I know there is at least one on 'Yahoo!', and who knows where else.
APRS is just a variation of packet mode. If you can do packet on VHF, you can reconfigure for VHF APRS. I figure you can do the same thing on HF, I'm just not aware of the 'how' of it, or if it's being done at all. It's certainly possible though.
Oh you will have so much fun! Which also means that for the first little while, you will be lost'er than a ball in high weeds!
- 'Doc

 

[doctor]

aprs

Ok will try it, tnx guys.

DOCTOR/795

 

[depark]

Here's one web site that might be what you are looking for.

Google Maps APRS

There's a 'catch' though, for your APRS beacon to show up, you first have to have an APRS beacon running on 144.390 Mhz. Without that, there's nothing to 'show up'. Also be aware that since this involves the internet, the results are not going to be 'real time' very often, if ever. The 'lag' time can vary from just a few seconds to a few days.

I use aprs.fi as well and find it works well. I have both a VX8-DR and FTM-350 and find that the site updates very fast. For example I can be out of the house driving around, by time I get back into the house after I get out of my van (less than 60 seconds) aprs.fi is up to date. I can watch other hams who are beaconing in my area and watch as they drive around town. I haven't experienced any delays. I have heard of other people running into a delay issue. I suppose that it could be due to the internet connection at the node but I'm not sure. Just my 2 cents.

 

[Happy_Hamer]

The easiest way I have found



Google is far more superior than the Microsoft "alternative"

Go to Google

Type your call sign and APRS in the search box and hit Google search,,

example ( AB1CD APRS )

 

[W5LZ]

About that 'real time' thingy. I have to admit that it depends a great deal on your particular server and general activity, as already said. I've also seen it where the APRS site displayed my position a day late. I was at that position the day before, but not at the time I was watching the display.
And then, it depends on how the APRS device is set up, how often it sends a position report, moving or not.
Because of how APRS position reporting is used in my application, close to 'real time' is important, so an internet site report isn't as reliable as an 'RF' report, if that makes sense. Locally, the internet is going to be very busy when all of this is happening, and considering our local 'Ma-Bell'... don't get me started about that!
- 'Doc