Good video. APRS is a valuable tool especially messaging features to/from phone via RF. Re-discovering APRS on UHF at 9600, local uses not on the national channel. For those in rural areas or outdoorsy people who hike, bike, kayak, skin or whatever, its a relevant comms asset.
Pretty good tutorial. The only thing I can add is that the digital APRS must be set up in the brandmeister self-care. The digital mode won't take any information from the analog sections of the CPS. Also, I made the mistake of putting a space after the comma in the path elements of the analog section. It took me a while to figure that out. I don't think a special channel needs to be set up for APRS. APRS can be made to work on any normally programmed channel. Good luck with your channel.
Enjoyed the video on APRS a lot. I am learning about my new D878. One point though: Your explanation of location longitude seems backwards to me. In the USA we are in the western hemisphere. Should we really put 'E' in the hemisphere field?
There seems to be some controversy online whether the Digipeater Path is 'WIDE1-1WIDE2-2' or 'WIDE1-1,WIDE2-2'. ie, comma or not. Some insist it needs the comma. Some insist it's a firmware thing and needs no comma to work. Either way, all the analogue FM APRS activity near me is gone now so APRS has become redundant 😞
I have an 878 Plus (not the UVII radio). I have running the latest CPs and firmware on the radio. I do not however see the options to the right of the APRS Analog section. Are these from the 878UVII or possible the 578 radio CPS?
Duane, any chance for an analog APRS receive for SMS (not beaconing!) video? Receiving beacons works fine in my 578 Plus, but it's super sketchy on Rx from cell phones and other radios. Again, texting NOT beaconing. Thanks and 73
you don't want a "- anything" on the TOCALL SSID leave it zero and your "Device" will show "Device: Anytone: AT-D578 (rig)" or 878 respectivly. If I had the -1 on there the device wasn't populated.
Interesting,I have used 1 as the SSID on TOCALL and always had the device show when searching and putting the Call Sign SSID in as part of your call sign. So leaving TOCALL blank posts the radio source.
Good video. APRS is a valuable tool especially messaging features to/from phone via RF. Re-discovering APRS on UHF at 9600, local uses not on the national channel. For those in rural areas or outdoorsy people who hike, bike, kayak, skin or whatever, its a relevant comms
asset.
Great video! I was having trouble and you explained everything so I was able to get things working properly, many thanks.
Pretty good tutorial. The only thing I can add is that the digital APRS must be set up in the brandmeister self-care. The digital mode won't take any information from the analog sections of the CPS. Also, I made the mistake of putting a space after the comma in the path elements of the analog section. It took me a while to figure that out.
I don't think a special channel needs to be set up for APRS. APRS can be made to work on any normally programmed channel.
Good luck with your channel.
should there be a space after the comma or none?
Enjoyed the video on APRS a lot. I am learning about my new D878. One point though: Your explanation of location longitude seems backwards to me. In the USA we are in the western hemisphere. Should we really put 'E' in the hemisphere field?
There seems to be some controversy online whether the Digipeater Path is 'WIDE1-1WIDE2-2' or 'WIDE1-1,WIDE2-2'. ie, comma or not. Some insist it needs the comma. Some insist it's a firmware thing and needs no comma to work. Either way, all the analogue FM APRS activity near me is gone now so APRS has become redundant 😞
Thanks for the very informative Video, thanks for doing this for us.
I have an 878 Plus (not the UVII radio). I have running the latest CPs and firmware on the radio. I do not however see the options to the right of the APRS Analog section. Are these from the 878UVII or possible the 578 radio CPS?
i have to go back and study the video i cant seem to get it to work for me i must be missing something probley something really easey too ;(
damn followed everything here still not getting aprs to work on my 878
Duane, any chance for an analog APRS receive for SMS (not beaconing!) video? Receiving beacons works fine in my 578 Plus, but it's super sketchy on Rx from cell phones and other radios. Again, texting NOT beaconing. Thanks and 73
Hi Jon, Sorry to say that the Analog SMS is not in my wheel house. I have found it to be unstable.
@@N6DMR_Duane Thanks for the candor. Any plans for our AT friends to fix it?
@@JonW7SEA It is not a radio issue, it is Brandmeister system issue
I was actually referring to analog SMS.
you don't want a "- anything" on the TOCALL SSID leave it zero and your "Device" will show "Device: Anytone: AT-D578 (rig)" or 878 respectivly. If I had the -1 on there the device wasn't populated.
Interesting,I have used 1 as the SSID on TOCALL and always had the device show when searching and putting the Call Sign SSID in as part of your call sign. So leaving TOCALL blank posts the radio source.
maybe it's some sort of digipeater setting how it handles it?? interesting for sure!