The station’s position and history on the APRS network:

📍 APRS · CT1ETE

View on the map (aprs.fi) Position history

Equipment

  • Kenwood TH-D75E (2 m / 70 cm · 5 W) — Built-in GPS and TNC, analog and digital APRS (positions and messages), built-in digipeater, D-STAR and Bluetooth. The most complete of the three for APRS.
  • Yaesu FT-5DE (FT5D) (2 m / 70 cm · 5 W) — Built-in GPS (GPS, Beidou, Glonass, Galileo), C4FM and FM, position sharing also over C4FM, Bluetooth for headsets.
  • VGC VR-N76 (2 m / 70 cm · 5 W) — GPS/BDS and compass, TNC that works with APRSDroid and WOAD (Winlink), KISS modem for compatible apps, Bluetooth with a phone app.

Frequencies

MHzUse
144.800APRS in Europe and Africa (IARU Region 1), 1200 bps AFSK, FM.
145.825APRS via the ISS (onboard digipeater) and satellites. Follow the pass; it may be active only at times.
432.500 / 433.775LoRa APRS is usually on 433 MHz in Europe; check the frequency used in your area before transmitting.

Network and lookup

  • aprs.fi — real-time map, history, messages and nearby stations
  • APRS-IS — the server network that iGates connect to
  • aprs.org — the site of Bob Bruninga, WB4APR, creator of APRS
  • APRS Foundation — protocol documentation and specifications
  • findu.com — station and position lookup

Software

  • APRSDroid — APRS client for Android, with Bluetooth TNC or internet connection
  • Direwolf — software TNC, digipeater and iGate
  • YAAC — Java APRS client for desktop
  • Xastir — APRS client for Linux

LoRa APRS