Hi

    Now, there are others who can explain this better but aprs is a system 
where a radio transmits a packet beacon giving its latitude and longitude. 
This information can then be tracked on a map.
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                    Mark WZ0K
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "matt V" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 5:45 PM
Subject: out of the loop a bit


>I was on the local 2 meter net tonight for the first time in for ever it =
> seems like, but i asked about the packet freq for around here, i forgot, =
> but they told me what it was but they also said most people are going to =
> something called aprs, what the heck is aprs ?
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