Anyone into APRS? I don't send out my
position or anything, but I do watch
for messages a lot. #APRSThursday is a
fun day to do that on.

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Re: APRS
By: Phigan to All on Sun Mar 01 2026 04:36 am

Anyone into APRS? I don't send out my position or anything, but I do watch

I do send out position fairly often via my vehicle, but as with much HAM related, there's rarely anyone else in our neck of the woods who's paying attention to it. I do like seeing the track on aprs.fi, though.

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Re: APRS
By: The Wanderer to Phigan on Sun Mar 01 2026 08:58 am

I do send out position fairly often via my vehicle, but as with much HAM related, there's rarely anyone else in our neck of the woods who's paying attention to it. I do like seeing the track on aprs.fi, though.

That means you at least have some decent infrastructure around you! Have you seen the #APRSThursday global net on Thursdays starting at midnight UTC?

What do you use for software?

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Anyone into APRS? I don't send out my
position or anything, but I do watch
for messages a lot. #APRSThursday is a
fun day to do that on.

I check into that with the APRSIS32 program for Windows.
I just use the "HOTG" option, followed by 1 line of text.
That gets me a quick in and out checkin.

However, some stations were sending me messages that APRSIS32
didn't see. So, I switched my ID to N5VLZ-G and get the info via
the BlueDV program.

Daryl, N5VLZ

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Re: Re: APRS
By: Daryl Stout to Phigan on Thu Mar 12 2026 11:16 pm

However, some stations were sending me messages that APRSIS32
didn't see. So, I switched my ID to N5VLZ-G and get the info via
the BlueDV program.

Interesting that the app has like a built in template for HOTG. I will have to check it out when i have access to a Winders machine.

What does the -G mean for ID? I thought they were just numbers, 0-9. Also what is BlueDV? Is that another APRS software?

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