[OZAPRS] Aprsdroid

[Steve Sharp]

It's not on the app market, but can be downloaded from the developer at
http://aprsdroid.org .

73 Steve VK2POO

On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 2:58 PM, David <djmunn at bigpond.com> wrote:

> Hi All....heard one of the local ops talking about aprs from his Iphone..
> i also heard it could be done with a Android based phone
> i have a HTC Wildfire phone and did some searching of the net and found
> aprsdroid
> a program to send aprs packets to  APRS-IS...uses the internal GPS function
> used my phone and found it and d/l and installed it
>
> very easy to set up...
> it has 2 modes...one shot and tracking...
> the one shot just sends one packet....very handy for checking if you have
> your set up correct
> the  'start tracking' sends the packets to APRS-IS at the time in your
> config
> it works very very well.....
> as im 20km north of the main city of Townsville i turned it on and put the
> phone in its pouch on my belt
> about 5 and half hours later on returning home i was able to see the track
> on Xastir
> of course i had to use 'stop tracking' else it would keep on sending while
> on the shack bench
>
>  a great way to have a tracker without having to get all the hardware and
> mount it in the new car
>
> there is also a APRS Viewer available.....very beta ..needs some more work
>
> FYI...Echolink is also available for droids
>
> 73 David VK4BDJ
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