APRS (Telecommunication)

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Name (Latin)
APRS (Telecommunication)
Other forms of name
Amateur Position Reporting System
Automatic Packet Reporting System
Automatic Position Reporting System
See Also From tracing topical name
Amateur radio stations
Communications software
Mobile radio stations
Radio Packet transmission
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q787194
Library of congress: sh 00004790
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: 00710153: APRS, c1999:t.p. (Automatic Position Reporting System) foreword (1992 creation) p. 1-1 (permits amateur radio operators to disseminate data concerning real-time events, and to graphically represent that data on computerized maps) pp. 4-6 (shows how stations are shown on the map) p. 4-13 (shows how messages are included in the transmission)
  • WWW.aprs.net, Nov. 21, 2000(uses amateur radio to transmit position reports, weather reports, and messages between users; information can be made available via the Internet)
  • LC database, Nov. 21, 2000(in 1996 record: APRS; Automatic Packet Reporting System)
  • Caledonia Amateur VHF Enthusiasts Web site, Dec. 15, 2000(APRS is a shareware program that takes advantage of the availability of inexpensive GPS receivers to display the locations of moving stations on your PC. By connecting your PC computer to any radio network via an inexpensive radio data modem, then all stations can see the movements of all other stations)
  • Web site for Dayton.APRS.net, Dec. 15, 2000(APRS (short for Amateur Position Reporting System) ... used to graphically display the position of fixed and mobile ham radio stations)
  • Web site Rutgers University, Dec. 15, 2000(APRS is a multifacited system for use with packet radio by Hams)