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APRS

Talk about APRS tracking, messaging, digipeaters, iGates, mobile beacons, and APRS setup for ham radio use.

  1. APRS digipeater not propagating my packets beyond a few hops

    Robert Taylor83,
    • 1 reply
    • 4 views
    Kevin Brown

  2. APRS beacon showing up on aprs.fi but position is way off

    Frank Nakamura,
    • 1 reply
    • 14 views
    Michael Thompson

  3. APRS messages not getting through even though i can see my beacon

    Steven Brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 15 views
    Linda Johnson

  4. APRS digipeater not igateing my packets - what am i missing

    Patricia Davis,
    • 1 reply
    • 16 views
    Emily Brown

  5. APRS messages not being received by destination station - driving me nuts

    James Wilson48,
    • 1 reply
    • 17 views
    DX Hunter

  6. APRS digipeater not igateing my packets - what am i missing

    Susan Clark,
    • 1 reply
    • 24 views
    Microwave Guy

  7. APRS beacon not showing up on aprs.fi - what am I missing

    Paul Anderson,
    • 1 reply
    • 21 views
    Tom Bradley

  8. APRS beacon not showing up on aprs.fi but TNC seems fine??

    Rachel Kim,
    • 1 reply
    • 25 views
    Radio Geek

  9. APRS beacon showing up on aprs.fi but messages not getting through?

    Emily White,
    • 1 reply
    • 34 views
    David Wilson59

  11. APRS beacon showing up on aprs.fi but messages not getting through??

    Amanda Wilson,
    • 1 reply
    • 39 views
    Tom Bradley

  12. APRS position not showing up on aprs.fi - what am I missing

    Kenneth Lopez,
    • 1 reply
    • 57 views
    James Anderson

  13. APRS beacon not showing up on aprs.fi - been at this for two days

    Robert Martinez,
    • 1 reply
    • 46 views
    Emily Davis71

  14. APRS messages not getting through even though I can see my beacon on aprs.fi

    James Brown39,
    • 1 reply
    • 70 views
    Emily Zhang

  15. APRS beacon not showing up on aprs.fi - what am I missing

    Jessica Turner,
    • 1 reply
    • 51 views
    Jessica Davis

  16. APRS digipeater path not making sense to me

    Michael Miller,
    • 1 reply
    • 54 views
    Jessica Nakamura

  17. APRS beaconing way too often, getting yelled at on the local net

    Jennifer Walsh,
    • 1 reply
    • 43 views
    James Patterson

  18. APRS digipeater not igating my packets - what am i missing

    Karen Williams,
    • 1 reply
    • 76 views
    CW Whisperer

  19. APRS messages not getting through even though i can see my beacon on aprs.fi

    David Thomas,
    • 1 reply
    • 70 views
    Patricia Wilson

  20. APRS digipeater coverage gaps - anyone else noticing this in hilly terrain?

    Gary Yamamoto,
    • 1 reply
    • 55 views
    Amanda Wright

  21. APRS packets not showing up on aprs.fi - TNC config issue maybe?

    John Taylor,
    • 1 reply
    • 59 views
    Gregory Adams

  22. APRS position not updating on aprs.fi - TNC or config issue?

    Steven Kumar,
    • 1 reply
    • 53 views
    Digital Mode

  23. APRS digipeater not hitting the igate - what am I missing

    Brian Harris,
    • 1 reply
    • 66 views
    The DXer

  24. APRS digi not igating - am i missing something obvious

    Emily Wilson23,
    • 1 reply
    • 56 views
    Rachel Kim

  25. APRS path settings driving me nuts — beaconing all over but nobody's seeing me

    Jennifer Davis,
    • 1 reply
    • 74 views
    John Johnson

  26. APRS digipeater not showing my beacons on aprs.fi — what am I missing

    David Johnson45,
    • 1 reply
    • 70 views
    Sarah Garcia

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