----- Original Message ----
From: Mike McCarty <kb8yhv@amsat.org>
>> No, HamIM has always been legal. The difference is normal APRS uses
the
>> Internet - I can go to findu.com during the contest to get your
location to
>> try to work you. Until now you couldn't use APRS this way because
normally
>> you can't use non-Amateur Radio means (Internet) to solicit contacts
during
>> the contest. HamIM doesn't use the Internet - anyone within simplex
range
>> on 147.585 gets a position report they can plot on a map. That's
really
>> not any different than me telling you my grid square is EN52vj on 432
SSB
>> so you can point your 1296 beam better.
You got all that from reading the rules? Somebody's going to have to
send me the decoder ring...
----------------------------
Chris is right. HamIM (originally called "BEACONet") is APRS with a modified
configuration that makes it play nice by ARRL contest rules. I spent a *lot*
of effort making sure. Eventually, it got got public approval from the ARRL
Contest desk. For more information on HamIM, visit: http://tinyurl.com/2t68hf
Regards,
Ev, W2EV
(author of the HamIM strategy)
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