New APRS TNC
Well, I managed to take a perfectly good $15 dollar APRS I-Gate solution and make it WAY more expensive (see http://westmouthbay.com/2016/11/13/my-aprs-setup/). For some reason, I wanted to make something that looked more polished. Not sure I succeeded. The goal was to maximize functionality and minimize cost, while allowing me to be lazy, purchasing easy to manipulate modules. Of course, much more money could be saved with custom board work. But that takes effort and time I don’t have.
I do not mean for this to be a how-to, or step by step instructions. At best, the hope is to spur ideas for better versions.
You can check on the packets this thing finds first at: https://aprs.fi/info/a/AC4JG-1. Packets that other I-Gates find first, will be reported on their page, even if I hear them too.
Forgive the mess in my shed.
