VE6AB Technical

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BlackBerry APRS OPS

This photo is of my Blackberry Z30 running APRSDroid, and communicating via Bluetooth with the Mobilink TNC attached to my UV-3R.

This very compact APRS station-VE6AB-4 does keyboard messaging, mapping, logging, individual station tracking, the works, and all via RF.

The Blackberry Z30 provides the GPS required for the TNC, so it makes for a nice tidy cable free package.

I realized what the limitations would be when I assembled this tiny APRS station, but I have a way around it.

I am never to far from my mobile, and my ABWX weather station mounted in the cargo bay of my mobile becomes a part of this, as I have my Argent Cable OT3m attached to my ABWX ADS-WS1 weather station set as a digipeater, and therefore this way I am able to easily get in to the APRS Network.

If the digipeater is shut off, I can also enable the digipeater of my OT3m by sending it an APRS message from my BB Z30 commanding the digi on.

Click on the photo for a closer look.....

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