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Old November 15th 03, 06:43 AM
ISoar
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Is a APRS (Automatic Postition Reporting System) enabled ham radio a
reasonable substitute?

Intro: http://nwaprs.org/downloads/WhatIsAPRS.pdf

Way more info: http://web.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/aprs.html




On 14 Nov 2003 11:49:19 -0800, (Buck Wild) wrote:

I've said it before, though I haven't done an extensive web search on
it,
There's gotta be an elt available that sends one short burst with your
exact GPS location to a satalite, instead of having the boy scouts try
to hunt down an AM signal with a directional antenna, while the