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APRS GPS tracking

http://aprs.fi/?call=VK6HGR-9&dt=124882 ... range=3600

vk6hgr wrote:APRS GPS tracking

http://aprs.fi/?call=VK6HGR-9&dt=124882 ... range=3600

Alfreds for dinner last night?

Fastlane wrote:

vk6hgr wrote:APRS GPS tracking

http://aprs.fi/?call=VK6HGR-9&dt=124882 ... range=3600

Alfreds for dinner last night?

Mmm. Hamburgers

Jeez and depending on the time I quite possibly drove right past you!

How cool Gav. That is fascinating. A couple of question though, is this live or delayed? and are the times displayed local, GMT or something else? When i update the search the times seem to be about 9 1/2 hours behind local. Or am i not seeing something

auntys_eyes wrote:How cool Gav. That is fascinating. A couple of question though, is this live or delayed? and are the times displayed local, GMT or something else? When i update the search the times seem to be about 9 1/2 hours behind local. Or am i not seeing something

To display times in local time, I think you need to register on aprs.fi and set your timezone on preferences.

The link I had was a snapshot of the tracks for that day. The last 24hrs worth of data for my tracker is at http://aprs.fi/?call=VK6HGR-9&mt=m&z=11&timerange=86400

If you visit aprs.fi it'll centre the display on Perth and you can have a look at the other APRS stations in Perth. D-star folks using digital amateur radio appear on this map too if they have their GPSes on.

auntys_eyes wrote:How cool Gav. That is fascinating...

see what you're missing out on?? you PM'ing Zebedee yet to find out when the next Foundation course is so you can get your foot in the door...

back at ya.

I'm looking for freely distributable APRS maps for WA and subsections of WA (South West, Greater Perth area etc)
Something UIView compatible would be great but not essential. Google found me nothing suitable. I can make reasonable maps from Google Maps but they are copyrighted.
Tar

Could you use Open Street Maps?
http://www.openstreetmap.org/

Cool. I can't see any copyright notice one way or the other. I'll have a closer look once I regain consciousneZZzzzz...

I am going to get one of these

http://www.bigredbee.com/blgps_2mhp.htm

It is being used around Perth by another amateur with great success.
Jaycar stock mag base antennas, you will need to trim them for best VSWR.

Same other amateur selling the APRS tracker on VKHam?
That's pretty cool having the transmitter, tracker and GPS all on the one tiny board. 5w might be a bit low for some.

The unit on VK ham is a different one.

VK6ZMS wrote:I am going to get one of these

http://www.bigredbee.com/blgps_2mhp.htm

It is being used around Perth by another amateur with great success.

Spotted a packet from it this morning (the URL was included in the packet )

Let us know when you get it!