[aprssig] TESTERS NEEDED- Getting distance between stationsviae-mail or cell phone

[Wes Johnston]

I got a response... that is a neat-o feature... we're having an aprs class today
in Florence SC, I'll be sure to mention it!

My email program won't/can't mark the email back to me as read... it always
stays bold... but please don't take it down to tinker.... so I can show it off
for the class today.

Wes
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Quoting "Mark A. Lewis" <mark at siliconjunkie.net>:

> The most likely reason is because it is coming from a machine at my
> house which alot of ISPs blacklist due to spam. I will work on this.
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: aprssig-bounces at lists.tapr.org
> [mailto:aprssig-bounces at lists.tapr.org] On Behalf Of Todd Springer
> Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 11:07 PM
> To: 'TAPR APRS Mailing List'
> Subject: RE: [aprssig] TESTERS NEEDED- Getting distance between
> stationsviae-mail or cell phone
>
>
> Tried but got no response? Will try again. Am interested in this info
> from time to time.
> Todd
> K6TJS
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: aprssig-bounces at lists.tapr.org
> [mailto:aprssig-bounces at lists.tapr.org] On Behalf Of Mark A. Lewis
> Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 6:25 PM
> To: TAPR APRS Mailing List
> Subject: [aprssig] TESTERS NEEDED- Getting distance between stations
> viae-mail or cell phone
>
> After a thread earlier today, I whipped up something that may prove of
> some use to some of you.
>
> I setup a system where you can get the distance between 2 stations via
> e-mail or text message on your cell phone.
>
> Here is how it works:
>
> 1) Send mail or text message to aprs at kd5zlu.net with a subject
> containing the 2 stations separated by a space. Example: FBALL CHASE
> Anything in the message body will be ignored.
>
> Within a few min, it will reply back to you with a message with a
> subject such as "CHASE is 5.3 miles southwest of FBALL"
>
> If you get a strange reply, verify you have the station names correct.
> It currently does not have any error checking, so it may spew some
> garbage if it can't find a station.
>
> This is setup mainly to work with text messages on cell phones, but will
> work with e-mail. The message is very short so it can be easily read on
> a cell phone.
>
> So, fire off some e-mails and let me know what you think!
>