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    From Phigan@VERT/TLCBBS to All on Sun Mar 1 04:36:26 2026
    Anyone into APRS? I don't send out my
    position or anything, but I do watch
    for messages a lot. #APRSThursday is a
    fun day to do that on.

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  • From The Wanderer@VERT/YAKKING to Phigan on Sun Mar 1 08:58:01 2026
    Re: APRS
    By: Phigan to All on Sun Mar 01 2026 04:36 am

    Anyone into APRS? I don't send out my position or anything, but I do watch

    I do send out position fairly often via my vehicle, but as with much HAM related, there's rarely anyone else in our neck of the woods who's paying attention to it. I do like seeing the track on aprs.fi, though.

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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to The Wanderer on Sun Mar 1 13:07:18 2026
    Re: APRS
    By: The Wanderer to Phigan on Sun Mar 01 2026 08:58 am

    I do send out position fairly often via my vehicle, but as with much HAM related, there's rarely anyone else in our neck of the woods who's paying attention to it. I do like seeing the track on aprs.fi, though.

    That means you at least have some decent infrastructure around you! Have you seen the #APRSThursday global net on Thursdays starting at midnight UTC?

    What do you use for software?

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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLTBBS to Phigan on Thu Mar 12 23:16:13 2026
    Anyone into APRS? I don't send out my
    position or anything, but I do watch
    for messages a lot. #APRSThursday is a
    fun day to do that on.

    I check into that with the APRSIS32 program for Windows.
    I just use the "HOTG" option, followed by 1 line of text.
    That gets me a quick in and out checkin.

    However, some stations were sending me messages that APRSIS32
    didn't see. So, I switched my ID to N5VLZ-G and get the info via
    the BlueDV program.

    Daryl, N5VLZ

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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Daryl Stout on Fri Mar 13 04:49:31 2026
    Re: Re: APRS
    By: Daryl Stout to Phigan on Thu Mar 12 2026 11:16 pm

    However, some stations were sending me messages that APRSIS32
    didn't see. So, I switched my ID to N5VLZ-G and get the info via
    the BlueDV program.

    Interesting that the app has like a built in template for HOTG. I will have to check it out when i have access to a Winders machine.

    What does the -G mean for ID? I thought they were just numbers, 0-9. Also what is BlueDV? Is that another APRS software?

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