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APRS

APRS is a packet radio system used in Amateur radio that can be used to broadcast position, weather and small text messages.

Frequencies

FrequencyRegion
144.39 MHzNorth America
144.575 MHzNew Zealand
144.64 MHzChina, Taiwan
144.66 MHzJapan
144.80 MHzEurope

APRS-IS

APRS-IS is the APRS Internet System. It is a system that relays APRS messages over the internet.

Reading the firehose

Connect to the APRS-IS server, send user 0 pass -1\n to authenticate as a guest. And then data will start flooding, read line by line.

You will want to occasionally send ping\n to keep the connection open.

Useful links

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