[OZAPRS] Aprsdroid
David
djmunn at bigpond.com
Thu Nov 11 17:40:06 EST 2010
Hi Steve...yep thats the one....
he will be adding other features i understand
73 David VK4BDJ
On 11/11/10 16:35, Steve Sharp wrote:
> It's not on the app market, but can be downloaded from the developer
> at http://aprsdroid.org <http://aprsdroid.org/> .
> 73 Steve VK2POO
>
> On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 2:58 PM, David <djmunn at bigpond.com
> <mailto: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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