[OZAPRS] Small mobile TNC

[Bob Bruninga]

> How come you want to run a TNC mobile ?
> Why not just use a tinytrack or opentracker ?

Because the essence of ham radio is two-way communications.

Because the essence of APRS is situational awareness.  Having a channel
that is the be-all-end-all of information on all ham radio activities
going on in the immediate area.

Trackers are great assets at public service events where the hams need to
track all kinds of vehicles that often do not have a HAM on board.  These
devices are able to be quickly installed at the start of the event and
collected afterwords.

But it makes little sense in a ham radio network concept to have active
ham radio operators driving around transmitting only without listening,
without reciving any local info, without any ability to receive messages
or be called in case needed, basically without participating in the
network he is using.

APRS is about receiving, displaing and exchanging tactical real-time
useful information amongst a network of active ham radio operators that
are doing something on ham radio.  Of ccourse it is nice to have something
to receive, so someone has to transmit too.  So nothing wrong with
trackers, but hams should be encouraged to install two-way communications
where possible so that they are a useful asset to the network, instead of
jsut a noise source with no means of being contacted.

Just my 2 cents.
WB4APR, Bob
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