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Lynn
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With heavy hearts, we invite you to pray for the repose of Lynn's soul. He passed suddenly and unexpectedly at home on Monday, Dec. 2. We invite you to join us on Tuesday, Dec. 10 at Our Lady of Grace Parish in Palm Bay, FL at 9am for refreshments and sharing, 11am Mass of Christian Burial, followed by the burial at St. Joseph cemetery in Palm Bay. Donations to the St. Vincent de Paul Society https://ourladyofgracechurch.com/st-vincent-de-paul/ in his honor or potted flowers are appreciated at the church on Tuesday. morning. Please share this.
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The Passing of Lynn Deffenbaugh KJ4ERJ (SK)
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With the sad passing of a long time friend and lousy boss (the pay is awful (zero $ and long hours!), We as admin's have been left a little short handed at this time. If anyone reading a post has an answer to the question posed please do not hesitate to send a reply. Several regulars field most of the questions asked in the group, more voices are always welcome, please do not be shy! We have an extremely large pool of group members currently 3715 and still rising daily and the knowledge of such a large group is a wonderful tool. I have been asked by Paul Deffebaugh KJ4DXK To keep things going on here, So far as it goes the group will continue to function as before. I seldom post anything to the group but as Admin and moderator I watch everything! Your condolences to Paul and his family have been truly great and I expected no less from our group, but please refrain from personal requests to family members of KJ4ERJ SK at this time. Bless you Lynn ! KJ4ERJ SK ,Take your APRS with you so we can always thank you sir! Sincerely Steve, KF6WAX Admin/Moderator
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Windows Phone Running 8.1
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Hi Will the mobile version run on the Above phone. Thanks Quentin
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Holiday and Christmas hours of business
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Hello fellow hams, Just to let everyone know that the admin writing this will be available for passcode requests as normal through the holiday period including Christmas day. Replies may be slightly slower than normal for complicated requests but passcodes will not be an issue, with storms we are expecting this weekend there may be outages in my location, but these outages are very rare thankfully. I would also take this time to offer seasons greetings to one and all and my special thoughts go out to the Deffenbaugh family at their time of loss of KJ4ERJ SK Your condolence messages continue to be helpful and surely give Lynns family the strength to get through this very difficult time. End of message 73 Steve, KF6WAX Admin/Moderator
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Thank you
I want to continue my reply that thank you each so much for your kindness and messages. They are very supportive to me and our family right now. We are stunned at the breadth of your response. Please continue everything and I will be in touch more. Paul Son
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---- 73s Adam Mahnke KC2ANT ------- Forwarded Message ------- From: MIKE DITURNO KC8OWL via groups.io <kc8owl@...> Date: On Wednesday, December 4th, 2024 at 07:17 Subject: [APRS] Special Announcement - please read - #APRSTHURSDAY Net Reminder 05-DEC-2024 To: [email protected] <[email protected]> This week’s and next week’s #APRSTHURSDAY net will be dedicated to Lynn Deffenbaugh, KJ4ERJ, who became a silent key this week. Lynn was the author of the APRSISCE/32 application and was truly an APRS expert. I got to know Lynn casually through the weekly #APRSTHURSDAY net. Way back in the net’s very early days I remember emailing Lynn and asking him if he minded if Cody, K7YXG, myself, and a few others “experimented” with his Announcement Server (ANSRVR) in hopes that we might be able to try the idea of a weekly APRS net. Over time, and with Lynn’s willingness to always help, that “experiment” became a weekly net that now sees over 500 operators some weeks. None of this would have been possible without Lynn’s help and support along the way. I remember one week ANSRVR was down and Lynn, while on vacation, temporarily ran the service on his laptop from his hotel room just so we could have the net. Let's all take a moment to thank Lynn with an APRS message in his honor this week during the net. None of this would have ever been possible without his help. WHAT: #APRSTHURSDAY net WHEN: 05-DEC-2024 00:00 - 23:59 UTC WHERE: APRS HOW: Destination Station = ANSRVR HOW: Message body = CQ [space] HOTG [space] 73 Lynn. Rest easy and thank you for everything. When checking into the net, please disable any automated responses your APRS client may be configured to send after receiving a message. Excessive and unnecessary network traffic can result from Auto Answer APRS messages. On the PinPoint application, the function can be turned off by going to Tools/Options/Misc and unchecking "Auto Answer APRS Messages." To check in: 1) There are two (see A and B) ways to check in as an "in and out" that will limit unnecessary traffic after your check-in. A) Station: ANSRVR. Message body: CQ HOTG followed by your check-in message of choice. Once you receive your ACK from ANSRVR send the following follow-up message to ANSRVR: U HOTG. This will "Unjoin'' your station and prevent additional traffic from being routed to you and eliminate unnecessary traffic on the system. B) Station: APRSPH. Message body: HOTG followed by your check-in message of choice. Note the absence of the CQ. This will log your check-in on the APRSPH system only. Your check-in will be counted and included in the summary but will not be broadcast by ANSRVR. 2) For stations wishing to monitor the check-in traffic from other stations, continue to check in as you always have. Station: ANSRVR. Message body: CQ HOTG followed by your message of choice. WE ASK HOWEVER when you are done monitoring, PLEASE send the following command to ANSRVR. U HOTG. 73 Mike KC8OWL
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Disregard previous post.
Found out it was the aprs-is pass code all along. Got it working now.
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Feel like i need a APRSISCE for dummies
Using the APRSIS32 on my windows 11 laptop. I can get my callsign in & set a manual location. But when I hit transmit. I see it do that. I see other callsigns in the log window too. But I never see my station on the aprs.fi website. So here's what I was wanting to do with this app. Basically just run it standalone at home. Without a gps or hooked to a radio for RF. I wanted to beacon an object for the repeater to show up online when looking at the aprs map. Years ago I used to run a digipeater & it was also hooked to the internet to gate stuff there. I also setup an object through that for the repeater to show up. Using UIvew32 i believe. Idk it's been a while I may have the name wrong. Currently I don't have the digipeater. I was just looking for a way to still beacon an object tthough. For now I'm just using aprs droid. But I can't seem to beacon an object with it. Just my callsign with a tower & the repeater information in the comments. I've tried to look though the APRSISCE website for perhaps something I've missed doing in setup. But I guess I keep missing something because it just never shows me on the map with this app.
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Missing setting
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Thanks for all the ideas on my moving to another computer. Got everything moved. I am using soundmodem by UZ7HO I seem to have that up and running. I must have a setting wrong in APRSISE. I have my map up. I am locating on the map. But get nothing when I hit "Transmit". I see the red line at the top when I do, but it is not engaging my Azden 7000H via my Signalink USB. What could I have missed? Where should I look to find this issue? Thanks Bob W8RID
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Kantronic TNC connection
Posting response to the main group. Yes, APRSIS32 can connect to any hardware TNC that can be put in KISS mode (most TNCs can). Most common is the KPC-3 or KPC-3+ There are 2 ways of doing this: 1. EASIEST: Configuring the Kantronics TNC in KISS mode such that it stays there - even after a power cycle. See the TNC manual for instructions, check the WIKI, or post back here for more help. In APRSIS32 create a new port as a Simply(KISS) => instructions on the WIKi http://aprsisce.wikidot.com/tnc-kpc-3 The KPC-3+ has some known issues (delays) as a DIGI, but works fine for all other operations. Most other Kantronics TNCs have similar interfaces. The TNC manual should give KISS instructions Somewhere on the internet is a set of Windows compatible files that will change the TNC mode as well. 2. Option 2: Configure theAPRSIS32 port as a Simply(KISS) port then modify the APRSIS32.xml file according to the above WIKI (lower section). I hope this helps! Robert Giuliano KB8RCO On Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 11:14:15 AM EST, Ridgewood Macdonald <kb2hwl@...> wrote: Thank you Question can this program connect with kantronic TNC’s? Tnx Ridgewood Macdonald On Nov 21, 2024, at 8:14 AM, Rob Giuliano <kb8rco@...> wrote: ? <snip> On Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 07:39:14 AM EST, Ridgewood via groups.io <kb2hwl@...> wrote: Could you please send me a pass code Ridgewood Macdonald KB2HWL TNX
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Transferring settings to new computer
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I an in the process of transferring to a new computer. Is there a file or files that I can move from the old computer to the new one that will bring all my setting (or at least most of them) to it? Thanks Bob W8RID
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Has anyone tried using a Bluetooth GPS Receiver with a Windows 11 tablet? Prolific has yet to put out a driver that will work with the newest update of Windows 11 Home V22H2, so the GPS-5 Receiver will not cause a Port in Device Manager. I tried a Globalsat BU-353N5 Receiver, since it uses an FTDI chip. However, it will not transmit my position to APRS.fi, and only the bottom colored boxes of satellites show up with the next line showing "29 At in use". No clue what that might mean. Spike N4EBF
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WINDOWS 11 Prolific Drivers
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What Prolific says will work for WIN11 does not. What do we do when WIN 10 goes away and we must use WIN 11 for a driver to support APRSIS32 GPS data?
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VARA HF 4.8.7
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There is a group of us testing VARA HF on 40m daytime and 80 nights, and although we can see each others signal in the waterfall of VARA nothing is printing for any of us. We had this working 8 or 9 months ago, but not now. Has something changed with the Kiss Port in VARA? -- Apologies for any grammar or spelling errors! -- 73 de Glenn Allison N3MEL (tprfn) The Packet Radio Forwarding Network EPA Hub Station www.tprfn.net Emergency Coordinator Chester County ARES/RACES Sent from my iPhone
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WebDT366 - touchscreen
I found an old WebDT366 tablet with a mechanically damaged touch screen. I ordered a new AMT9507 touch screen for it. Unfortunately, it seems to be the wrong version of the screen because the connections are swapped, and the cursor behaves completely erratically when touched. Does anyone know what the correct type of touch screen is? 73, Chris
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Passcode
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I need the passcode to useAPRSIS32 Pl advice 73 Balu
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APRSISCE/2 passcode
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Hello group, I recently hooked up my old Kantronics KPC3+ & wanted to use APRSISCE. I went to the (http://aprsisce.wikidot.com/doc:passcode) & sent passcode request, but have never received a reply. Is there another way to obtain the passcode? Thanks, James N8KDX
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Are passcodes still available?
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Hello group, I followed directions from the wiki site to request a passcode for APRSISCE32. I've also emailed the group owner here. Never got a reply. I wanted to setup my KPC3+ TNC at home. Is it still possible to get a passcode? Name: James Quinn Callsign: N8KDX Thanks
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Trying to get APRSIS32 to work with a Microsat WX3in1 Plus 2.0 on the RF side.
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Good Morning, I'm testing a WX3in1 running as an APRS I-Gate W3TAC-1 with digipeater-off. Everything appears to work on the TCPIP/internet/APRS.FI side. My half wave antenna is only 18 inches off the ground so I don't expect to get out (10 watts) very well on xmit but it works well enough for testing. The status box on upper left side of APRSIS32 flashes between "APRIS-OK" and "WX3in1 KISS-OK" but about every 6 seconds something quickly flashes so fast in the background I can't read it but I think it says something like WX3in1 KISS OPN CMD? With the scroller set to RF only no stations show up in the left column but plenty of APRS-IS stations show up on the map from the internet side. The WX3in1 is in the basement feeding the router upstairs via Cat-5 cable. Been working this for weeks and starting to think the WX3in1 is not compatible with APRSIS32. Anybody get their WX3in1 working with APRSIS32? Tony
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Help setting up I-gate - FTM-500
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New to aprs and trying to setup my FTM-500 in my house as an I-gate With aprisce32. I can't seem to get RF received on my station to forward to APRS-IS, at least, I can't see any traffic showing up in my area on APRS-FI. I am receiving traffic and it shows in APRSIS on my computer. I can see my mobile KQ4LMY-9, beaconing in my driveway, but it doesn't show on an online map. My home station shows on aprs-fi, but it is being seen by a digi-peater 35mi away to the NE or another 33 miles to the SW. FTM-500 is connected to computer via Yaesu SCU-56 cable. Made FTM-500 port using FTM-350 setting. Internet is provided via starlink. Log files are attached. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Brent KQ4LMY
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