Southeast Ohio APRS Development

This page contains an informal collection of overview, technical and planning mterials related to the ongoing development of APRS services in and around Athens County, Ohio. The Project Steering Committee consists of Eric (WD8RIF), Jeff (N8SUZ) and Ted (W8KVK). Primary objectives include:

• Construct a fully "Wide n-N" compliant APRS digipeater (aka 'digi')
• Support the "APRS Local Repeater Info Initiative" -- Example
• Support optional routing for "within Ohio only" traffic
• Support and Mentor APRS Newcomers

• Coastal Chipworks TNC-X with X-Digi Card
• uSmartDigi by Painter Engineering
• UIDIGI Smart Digipeater firmware for TNC2 by Marco IW3FQG

• Introduction / Overview
• UIDIGI User and Sysop Manual (Word DOC)
• Short form W8UKE-1 EPROM draft parms summary

• APRS.org Introduction and Overview Pages
• APRS Internet Service (APRS-IS)
• Ohio Packet.Org
• Stations heard within 80 miles of Athens OH for past 10 days
• Regional Real-Time APRS Network Activity Maps (requires JAVA)
• Southeast Ohio Counties
• Parkersburg/Wood County WV area
• International Space Station Packet and APRS
• Online Pass Prediction Calculator (AMSAT) (select "ISS")
• Amateur Radio High Altitude Ballooning APRS
• Athens Marathon APRS Operations
• McArthur OH APRS digi info page (courtesy KD8FJH)
• KD8EAD / KD8FJH Solar Powered APRS Digi (Ross Co) -- (2008 Updates)
• Central Ohio Digital Interconnect Group (CODIG)
• Lancaster OH (K8QIK-5) UI-Digi Parameters (Feb 2008 MS Word doc)

• WinAPRS: Download Ver 2.8.4 (10 megabytes ZIPped)
• UI-View APRS Software for Windows Homepage
• APRS Maps for Southeast Ohio Counties
• APRS software for other operating systems
• APRS Map Symbols at a Glance

• Introduction to Packet Radio
• Find your Lat/Lon starting with closest town name