APRS

Automatic Position Reporting System

APRS was developed by Bob Bruninga, WB4APR, for tracking and digital communications with mobile GPS equipped stations with two-way radio. In the 10 years since its introduction, (see history) it has grown to encompass just about every aspect of Amateur Radio. For an introduction to APRS, CLICK HERE or check out the first category of links below to get the big picture of what APRS is all about...

The remainder of this page is just a list of links to just about everything involving APRS in the last 10 years. To cover the breadth and depth of these applications, just follow the links...

OVERALL APRS CONCEPT LINKS FOR NEW USERS:

  • APRS Introduction .
  • Overall WB4APR SITE-MAP
  • All APRSdos Original TEXT files. Select topic by filename.
  • VHF RADIO Live APRS activity on local 144.39 VHF frequency
  • APRS Via Satellites! See ASTARS
  • Our own APRS Satellite! See PCsat
  • Join the TAPR APRS Special Interest Group E-mail Reflector APRSSIG

    NEW ITEMS and IDEAS>

  • The NEW National APRS LIVE site
  • APRS Direction Finding is EASY! See APRS DFing
  • Radio Games for KIDS! See CONFLAGRATION
  • IRLP and I-LINK VOICE for APRS! See AVRS
  • Army/Navy Game FOOTBALL RUN event
  • The "standard" APRS power connector!
  • Build a Half-Price Mic-Encoder New MIM Module
  • Vision for APRS. See the Automatic Picture Relay Network, APRN.

    APRS SATELLITE PROJECTS

  • PCsat. Our own APRS Satellite Launched 30 Sept 2001.
  • ISS Frequent Questions. APRS on the SPACE STATION!
  • ASTARS. APRS Satellite Concepts.
  • ANDE, our next possible PCsat follow-on satellite.
  • Cubesat-RAFT, a proposed USNA CUBESAT.
  • NEMISIS(sp) , another USNA CUBESAT Concept.
  • CUBEsats. Many more CUBESat ideas!
  • MIREX Live Packet Downlink from Spacestation MIR.
  • SAREX (STS-78) Ground station posits relayed through SAREX
  • SPRE experiment (STS-72) Using the World and USA detail maps
  • Errors of GPS satellites as seen in Annapolis
  • BALLOON-SATS : Balloon payloads as cheap satellite demonstrations
  • TRAKNET: Using the PACSATS for 2m Mobile comms.
  • METEOR Scatter: APRS the perfect tool
  • NATSweb, Our first short-fuse Satellite project (Jan 1999)
  • Tracking Amateur Satellites

    OTHER APRS APPLICATIONS AND USES

  • ACADEMY BOATS Live (summers only) and 1993 Replay (picture)
  • VHF RADIO Live APRS activity on local 144.39 VHF frequency
  • HF RADIO Live APRS activity on 10.151MHz LSB HF frequency
  • DX CLUSTER Live last two hours worth of DX spots plus information on DX.
  • FOOTBALL Replay of the Army-Navy game football run (picture)
  • ACARS Live Aircraft Communications and Reporting System on 131.55 Mhz
  • BERTHA Replay of June 1996 hurricane
  • MARATHON Replay of the 1993 Marine Corps Marathon
  • OLYMPIC TORCH Replay of the 1996 torch route
  • SKYWARN Example APRS remote weather network
  • EARTHQUAKES Nearly Live plots of USGS Earthquake data
  • DAYTON-97 HAMVENTION : Replay of APRS activity last year!

    • OTHER LIVE INTERNET APRS SITES

  • Dale Heatheringtons High Speed stuff
  • Atlanta APRS Network : Ralph Fowler's Atlanta Area APRS page
  • Rochester NY : The APRS network as seen from NY.

    • OTHER APRS INFORMATION SITES

  • APRS Elmers : People in your area offering to help U with APRS.
  • Kansas City APRS" : Whats happening in the central USA
  • TAPR Homepage : The Tuscon Amateur Packet Radio Homepage
  • TAPR/ARRL : Describes the upcoming TAPR/AARL digital conference
  • MIC-E : Using GPS on any radio
  • Search Google.com for "APRS PACKET RADIO" and get 16,000 hits!

    APRS DATA and FILES

  • APRS VISION SYSTEM (AVS) : A low resolution video capability for APRS robotics
  • APRS documentation : Documentation on DOS APRS.
  • NATIONWIDE APRS DIGIpeaters : A display of known sites.
  • NATIONWIDE HF GATES : All known HF => VHF gateways.
  • NATIONWIDE WEATHER STATIONS : All known APRS WX Stations
  • DOWNLOAD APRS : Get the APRSxxx.zip file and the latest Xmapxx.zip file for your area. Then be sure to use PKUNZIP -d when you unzip these files into your APRS directory.

    HISTORICAL LINKS AND OLD STUFF

  • Original 300' WB4APR-1 DIGI bites the dust! (Photo)

    Join the TAPR APRS Special Interest Group E-mail Reflector APRSSIG
    OR *Sign the APRS Guestbook*     Sorry, Bob does not read this.
    *View the APRS Guestbook* Enjoy the comments from others...


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    The Naval Academy is a registered user of APRS and WinAPRS. The purpose of this web page is to show several applications currently in use at this site and should not be considered as an advertisement or an endorsement of any commercial product.