[aprssig] transceiver for APRS?

[kc9umr at freqradio.com]

This reminds me of one thing i'd like the D700 to do -

Change my status text to read "monitoring [insert freq in voice band here]
[PL XXX.X/DPL XXX][+/-/SMX]".  I'm sure it wouldn't be hard to make a
little Microcontroller to do this for me, maybe poll the radio every 2 or
3 minutes for the data, and enter the text....

making it so this "new" radio could interface with other rigs (granted, it
would be a limited set of radios, but i'm sure this could be expanded by
the user, given the "computer control-ability" that we're talking about)
to do something likt this would be neat....

> On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 kc9umr at freqradio.com wrote:
>
>> If it's an APRS specific radio, how important is frequency agility?
>> something that's computer configuarable (maybe the firmware defaults to
>> 144.390 as a frequency, but you can re-configure it to default wherever
>> you want) for standalone/tracker applications, and computer controllable
>> for applications where you want that capability (home /
>> "experimentation"
>> applications).
>
> Depends on what you want to do.  If it has no voice capability, then
> one of the reasons for making it frequency agile goes out the door:
> That of going to the local repeater based on info received on the
> APRS channel.  One could still do this for packet/APRS uses though,
> like switch to a local channel for traffic/weather reports, then
> switch back for tracking.
>
> One could also have it switch to satellite frequencies based on
> predicted passes, tracking doppler if necessary, then switch back
> to the normal APRS frequency.
>
> Another use is for alternate APRS frequencies, but this would
> normally not require real-time agility, only a jumper or programmed
> setting.
>
>
>> Having a Tiny Trak type TNC (or a 2 way TNC, but something that's simple
>> to use and setup, don't need a LOT of features, really...) would be
>> nice,
>> so all you need to do is configure it, plug in a GPS and antenna, and
>> go.
>
> Opentracker "Tracker2" or a TinyTrak4.  I personally prefer
> open-source stuff, so the Tracker2 is it.
>
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