Linux-Hams archive - April 1999: Re: APRS for Linux?

Re: APRS for Linux?

Hamish Moffatt (xavglcfx.ytyvsl@mgn.net)
Sun, 4 Apr 1999 11:56:45 +1000

On Wed, Mar 31, 1999 at 11:49:18AM -0500, Jeff King wrote:
> > Can you tell me where I can find some info on what AAVL and PIC-ET are?
>
> AAVL is a term (I think?) I coined to describe Amateur Automatic Vehicle Location
> of which APRS(TM) is a subset. The difference being that the term "APRS" is
> trademarked
> and AAVL is not to my knowledge, at least to the extent to what it describes in
> this
> context.
>
> So, within the scope of your question about AAVL, we are talking about vehicle
> location
> and tracking, similar to the APRS method.

Thanks Jeff. I had a look at the web site and it looks like an interesting
project. Unfortunately I couldn't see a PCB layout for the solder side,
only the component side. I had a look around ftp.tapr.org for the software;
are there other sites for the software?

Hamish

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