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APRS Tracking Examples

APRS Tracking Examples. Tony Campbell W5ADC. Just a Little About Me. Been licensed since 1978. Have been active in satellite communications. Became active with APRS over 2 years. Active SSID W5ADC-10 Home Weather Station W5ADC-14 Mobile You may also see W5ADC-15 Portable TM-D700A

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APRS Tracking Examples

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  1. APRS Tracking Examples Tony Campbell W5ADC

  2. Just a Little About Me • Been licensed since 1978. • Have been active in satellite communications. • Became active with APRS over 2 years. • Active SSID • W5ADC-10 Home Weather Station • W5ADC-14 Mobile • You may also see • W5ADC-15 Portable TM-D700A • W5ADC-7 TH-D7A • W5ADC-8 TinyTrak 3

  3. W5ADC-10 UI-View32, Virtual Weather Station Oregon Scientific WM-918 Alinco DR-1200 Radio, MFJ-1278 W5ADC-14 Kenwood TM-D700A Garmin GPS V Stations

  4. Types of Hardware • Purpose Built Radios • TNC Based Systems • Sound Card Based Systems

  5. Purpose Built Radios • Purpose built radios are designed specifically to support ARPS functions in a single package. Just add a GPS receiver and go. • Kenwood TM-D700A • Kenwood TH-D7A • Alinco DR-135T MKII with EJ-41U TNC

  6. Kenwood TM-D700A • Coolest APRS radio on the market • Dual band 114/440 MHz 50/35 Watts • Decent 1200/9600 bps TNC • Built-in Digipeater • One screen text monitoring • PC programmable • Just add a GPS and go

  7. Kenwood TH-D7A(G) • Nice HT with APRS features • Dual band 114/440 MHz 5 Watts • Basic TNC • One screen text monitoring • PC programmable • Just add a GPS and go

  8. Alinco DR-135T/EJ-41U • Basic 2 M Radio with optional TNC • Allows direct input from GPS • Requires PC to setup • No APRS display on radio • Basic 1200/9600 bps TNC

  9. Basic Interconnection DiagramPurpose Built Radios Radio GPS NMEA Data In/Out

  10. TNC Based Systems • Roughly divided into two categories – Beaconing Only and Transmit/Receive • The major elements include: • 2 M Radio (Just about anything will work) • Terminal Node Controller (TNC) (Again just about anyone will work) • Computer to set up system and possibly run APRS application. • GPS Receiver if mobile

  11. Beaconing Only Systems • This is one of the lowest cost and easiest ways to begin to experiment with APRS. This configuration provides you with a system that periodically transmits your position from a GPS receiver. It does not provide you with the ability to receive and decode packets. • Byonics TinyTrak3 • Tigertronics TigerTrak TM-1 • TAPR PIC-Encoder

  12. Low Cost Transmits only position information Some systems are available as kits Easy to setup, once you figure out how Simple hardware configuration Normally allows for stand alone operation Typical Characteristics of Beaconing Only Systems

  13. Basic Interconnection DiagramBeaconing Systems PTT TNC Radio XMT GPS RCV NMEA Data

  14. Transmit/Receive Systems • These are a step up from the basic Beaconing system. • Setup is very dependent on the actual TNC used. • A computer and application software may be required, depending on the software version in the TNC. • Digipeating is possible with most TNC’s.

  15. A generic 2 M radio is required. TNC may support GPS receiver directly Kantronics KAM, KAM+ v8.2 -- KPC-3, KPC-3+, KPC-9612, KPC-9612+,v6.0 or higher Timewave AEA PK-96 There may be others Typical Characteristics of Transmit/Receive Systems

  16. Basic Interconnection DiagramTransmit/Receive Systems PTT TNC Radio XMT GPS RCV NMEA Data In/Out OR RS-232 Computer TNC NMEA Data In/Out A Weather Station could be used in place of the GPS with most applications GPS

  17. Sound Card Based Systems • No TNC is required • Uses PC sound card to transmit and receive signals from radio • Simple interface circuitry (The same as PSK31) • Requires a modest computer to operate • Probably the hardest to get running and keep running

  18. Basic Interconnection DiagramSound Card Based Systems PTT Computer Radio XMT GPS RCV NMEA Data In/Out A Weather Station could be used in place of the GPS with most applications

  19. http://www.alinco.com http://www.kenwood.net http://www.byonics.com http://www.tapr.org http://www.tigertronics.com http://www.kantronics.com http://www.timewave.com Reference Links

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