[VHFcontesting] HamIM - Re: Fw: APRS while roving

[Ev Tupis]

----- Original Message ----
From: Mike McCarty <kb8yhv at 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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