[amsat-bb] To Tweet or Not to Tweet - APRS
Robert Bruninga
bruninga at usna.edu
Fri Oct 9 17:40:58 UTC 2020
> The ideal solution would be to have a worldwide amateur data network,
> based only on amateur-radio resources (microwave, HF, etc.), which
> would be independent of the Internet.
There is one. called APRS. And in the early days, my original APRSdos
could send out a local beacon every 10 minutes showing the satellite names
and AOS time for upcoming satellites. Then when the satellites were in
view, it wouild send out Satelltie OBJECTs that the APRS radios wouid then
use to show the range and bearing to the satellite once a minute as well as
the words LOW or HIGH to be spoken by Knewoods that had the voice chip in
them.
See:
http://aprs.org/satinfo.html
This is exactly what APRS was designed to do. To be an info resource for
everyone everywhere to see what was happening in their area.
But unless someone is posting the info or running such an ap in the local
area, then there is nothing to see.
Bob, WB4APR
On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 1:11 PM Zach Metzinger via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
> The ideal solution would be to have a worldwide amateur data network,
> based only on amateur-radio resources (microwave, HF, etc.), which would
> be independent of the Internet.
>
> We have the IPv4 space (44.x.x.x net) and the open-source tools
> (Mastodon) to replace the data-mining, you-are-the-product commercial
> solutions.
>
> This network would provide the driving need to keep our spectrum, which
> is rapidly being eroded by the FCC for 5G.
>
> Obviously, this network would be the backbone for amsat-bb and other
> amateur mailing lists/resources. This source material could be relayed
> to the Internet, for those without direct RF access to the 44.x net.
>
> So many ideas, so little time..
>
> --- Zach
> N0ZGO
>
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