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APRS

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

  1. APRS digipeater path not working right — packets not getting out

    Rachel Garcia,
    • 1 reply
    • 98 views
    Rachel Garcia

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

    Mark Stevens,
    • 1 reply
    • 88 views
    Amanda Johnson64

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

    Robert Kim,
    • 1 reply
    • 93 views
    Thomas Wilson

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

    Amanda Miller,
    • 1 reply
    • 58 views
    Amanda Miller

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

    Repeater Tech,
    • 1 reply
    • 76 views
    James Davis

  7. TNC Audio Level Nightmare - Need Help Setting TX/RX Gain

    John Williams99,
    • 2 replies
    • 143 views
    Jennifer Williams

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

    Brian Mitchell,
    • 1 reply
    • 100 views
    Jessica Williams

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

    Steven Kumar,
    • 1 reply
    • 42 views
    Daniel Rodriguez

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

    Steven Patel,
    • 1 reply
    • 55 views
    Sarah Garcia

  11. APRS digipeater not relaying my packets past a certain point

    Karen Thompson,
    • 1 reply
    • 70 views
    Karen Thompson

  13. APRS beacon showing up on aprs.fi but messages not going through??

    Carlos Martinez,
    • 1 reply
    • 53 views
    Emily White

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

    Thomas Wilson,
    • 1 reply
    • 117 views
    Daniel Taylor

  15. APRS digipeater not hearing my beacon — missing something obvious?

    John Mitchell,
    • 1 reply
    • 87 views
    Carlos Gutierrez

  16. TNC-X KISS Mode Setup Issues with Direwolf

    James Brown39,
    • 2 replies
    • 171 views
    Ashley Johnson

  17. APRS beacon not showing up on aprs.fi — tried everything

    Lisa Rodriguez91,
    • 1 reply
    • 130 views
    Sarah Collins

  19. APRS showing wrong position for my station, beacon looks fine though

    Robert Williams,
    • 1 reply
    • 63 views
    Sarah Wilson

  20. APRS not showing my position on aprs.fi — beacon going out but nothing on map

    Brazil Ham,
    • 1 reply
    • 170 views
    Jessica Williams53

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

    John Peterson,
    • 1 reply
    • 104 views
    Paul Anderson

  22. APRS showing me in the wrong place — digipeater issue or something else?

    Frank Williams,
    • 1 reply
    • 93 views
    Giovanni Rossi

  23. APRS igate vs digipeater — what's actually the difference in practice

    Angela Davis,
    • 1 reply
    • 61 views
    Amanda Miller

  25. APRS packets showing up on aprs.fi but digipeater not hearing me locally

    Michael O'Brien,
    • 1 reply
    • 162 views
    Michael O'Brien

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

    Maria Rodriguez,
    • 1 reply
    • 129 views
    Maria Rodriguez

  27. APRS digipeater not igating my packets — what am i missing

    Emily Rodriguez,
    • 1 reply
    • 68 views
    Jessica Moore

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

    Emily Wilson,
    • 1 reply
    • 76 views
    HF Hunter

  29. Mobilinkd TNC4 vs Software TNC Performance Comparison for APRS

    Radio Geek,
    • 2 replies
    • 361 views
    Lisa Rodriguez

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