APRS, or Automatic Position Reporting System, is a system for the transmission of digital data via radio. APRS is usually used to transmit the location of a person or object but can also be used to send data like weather reports, text messages and telemetry. The club operates an APRS digipeater on the VHF national standard of 145 .175Mhz. For more information visit the Wikipedia article on APRS or www.aprs.org Shown below is a map with the APRS activity in the area, provided by aprs.fi which receives data in real time from the APRS Internet System (APRS-IS). |