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<P><FONT face=Tahoma>ARRL contributing editor <STRONG>Gary Hoffman,
KB0H</STRONG>, tells how he got started in the Amateur Radio Automatic Packet
Reporting System (APRS).</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>I became interested in APRS (Automatic Packet Reporting
System) after watching a presentation on it a few years ago.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The presenter described some of the interesting things that
could be done with APRS, which, I think, sold many of us right then and there.
Maps showing the locations of cars, boats, people, parade floats, bicycles and
especially balloons were a real eye-opener.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Read the full ARRL story at<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.arrl.org/news/the-amateur-amateur-aprs-the-beginning"
target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://www.arrl.org/news/the-amateur-amateur-aprs-the-beginning</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>UI-View Windows APRS Software<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.ui-view.org/" target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://www.ui-view.org/</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Sound card Interface<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.southgatearc.org/articles/g0ftd/data_dummy_interface.htm"
target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://www.southgatearc.org/articles/g0ftd/data_dummy_interface.htm</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Essex ham Paul G0HWC on APRS<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.truckcam.tv/" target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://www.truckcam.tv/</FONT></A></P></BODY></HTML>