[VHFcontesting] Emailing updates during portable operations

[Gerry Hull]

Hi Mark,

If you have SMS on your cell phone, and good enough coverage to send a text
message. I have a system that listens for Twitter tweets with a specific
format,
validates it's a ham, and then publishes the info on both APRS and DX
Clusters worldwide.  (You can send Tweets via SMS).

Check out http://www.roverstatus.info

73,

Gerry Hull, W1VE  Hancock, NH USA
Member: ARRL, YCCC, YCCCN, CW Ops
gerry at w1ve.com ph: 1-617-CW-SPARK (find me)




On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 11:28 AM, Mark Spencer <mark at alignedsolutions.com>
wrote:

> Hi, the recent email from Marshall has reminded me of an issue I have
> encountered during my terrestrial VHF activities.   It can be very
> challenging if not impossible to login to a typical web site from some of
> the locations I operate from.   However I expect I could often manage to at
> least send a short email via the text message functionality from my iPhone
> and conceivably I could also send short emails via HF winlink / Pactor or a
> satellite phone.
>
> If there was a chat board / web site for the VHF community that allowed
> one to post updates via brief emails I expect I would be an enthusiastic
> user.
>
> I don't see my self acquiring good enough internet connectivity during my
> back country portable operations to log into web sites but being able to
> send short emails is probably feasible for me.
>
> During one my grid expeditions last summer when I announced I wouldn't
> have Internet access I received emails after the fact asking why I wasn't
> using ping jockey so I believe there is a perceived need for this type of
> system but I realize the effort may be non trivial and the user base would
> be small.
>
> I realize I could also post to this message list but I believe I have to
> send from the email address I used to subscribe to the list which may
> complicate things  ?
>
> Any suggestions would be welcome.
>
> 73
>
>
> Mark S
> VE7AFZ
>
>
> mark at alignedsolutions.com
> 604 762 4099
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