[OZAPRS] APRS Emergencies

[Richard Hoskin]

Hi Andrew,

You send a MIC-E Emergency posit. See APRS Spec.

Test it on low power on a non-APRS channel between 2 local stations.

Who ever is running APRS-Emergency (See my previous email for software.),
WinAPRS, if you look at findu
http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/emergency.cgi?last=96 or if you have a
Kenwood
D7 or D700 radio.

There is no formal monitoring or Emergency procedure for APRS in
Australia.
Fell free to write one, we can discuss it and I will put in on the APRS
National web site.

I know of 2 stations that are running APRS-Emergency. I feel that we
should
all run it. This would give a greater chance of someone picking up a
distress call.

I have used APRS Emergency once in a real emergency. With in 2 minutes I
had
enquiries from 2 stations offering assistance (they both had D700's) and
within 10 minutes I had another 3 enquiries, some on the mobile and others
on the local repeater. I was very impressed with the effectiveness of the
system even with no local arrangements in place.

Merry Christmas

Richard VK3JFK

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ozaprs-bounces at marconi.ics.mq.edu.au [mailto:ozaprs-
> bounces at marconi.ics.mq.edu.au] On Behalf Of Andrew Rich
> Sent: Wednesday, 22 December 2004 8:05 AM
> To: Ozaprs at Marconi.Ics.Mq.Edu.Au
> Subject: [OZAPRS] APRS Emergenices
> 
> Guys,
> 
> A recent story from the states anout a guy that could not get mobile
phone
> coverage and used APRS
> to signal for help.
> 
> Do we have any emergency arangements in Australia ?
> 
> What do you send ?
> 
> Is there a test function ?
> 
> Who is watching ?
> 
> Andy VK4TEC
> 
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