[VHFcontesting] APRS and Contesting

[Ev Tupis]

Once again: APRS is FINE to use in ARRL Contests.  The ARRL has said so, publicly.

To do so, one must simply remove the components of APRS that support:

(A) digipeating, when "assistance" is prohibited
(B) IGate-ing of your APRS packet, when "use of non-Amateur means of communication is prohibited"
(C) assure that your 2-meter APRS station doesn't TX when you're calling CQ, in events where "more than one signal per band is prohibited"
(D) reception of APRS packets that originate from participants who don't have the same restrictions as you do in an event are filtered/eliminated.

This is the principle behind the APRS-based "HamIM Strategy".  Now, for the real issue: lots of people seem to ask for APRS during contests (when it already exists) but few people actually use it.

Ev, W2EV





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