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<H1>QRP spots via APRS and Twitter</H1>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma><STRONG>QRPspots</STRONG> is a popular site for low power
operators to let people know who's active. Spots can now be posted by APRS and
Twitter as well as via the website</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>In an email <STRONG>VA3SIA</STRONG> explains how to use it
via APRS messages, he writes:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Just send an APRS message to callsign 'QRPSPT' it can be in
any format as long as there's a callsign and frequency in there somewhere.
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<P><FONT face=Tahoma>So, these all work: (in this example from
VA3SIE).</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>7042<BR>Gets posted as VA3SIE spotting VA3SIE on
7042kHz.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Just heard VE3WMB on 14.063MHz<BR>Gets posted as VA3SIE
spotting VE3WMB on 14063kHz.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Terry WA0ITP @ 3560 khz<BR>Gets posted as VA3SIE spotting
WA0ITP on 3560kHz.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>QRP Spots<BR></FONT><A href="http://www.qrpspots.com/"
target=_blank><FONT face=Tahoma>http://www.qrpspots.com/</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Twitter QRP Spots<BR></FONT><A
href="http://twitter.com/QRPSPOTS" target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://twitter.com/QRPSPOTS</FONT></A><BR></P></BODY></HTML>