[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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