APRS in a Linksys Router

From the Ham Radio at Maker Faire 2009 - APRS demo PART 3. Chris Kantarjiev, K6DBG demonstrates APRS (Automatic Position Reporting System) gear that he has collected, built and modified. This segement features a modified Linksys router (WRT54 series) and a small APRS tracking kit, "OpenTracker," produced by Argent Data Systems. Video by NQ1R/ARRL. www.arrl.org

More info: http://www.dimebank.com/cak/k6dbg/k6dbg_igate.html

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Science & Technology

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• ham radio
• amateur radio

[ZUO05306]

APRS = Automatic Packet Reporting System

[Djennings16]

I have no idea what you just said.. lol

[YO2LDK]

hi,

i intend to make an iGate,please you know minimum configuration for router?

not find on site

best regards, 73!

[easternpa2]

You're right, 5lkk. I think what threw me off was the wrap up quote of "now you're on the road with everything you need for a home igate or digipeater setup". In watching it again, I still don't think he made it clear where the new Ruby code is running. Since the serial port is central to this solution, I have to think its running on the Linksys mainboard -- either in Tomato or DD-WRT.

[5lkk]

@easternpa2 As I understand the video, and associated links. The modified router when used with a transceiver, I could have an igate or digipeater, without needing a PC running 24/7.

[easternpa2]

I appreciate the work that was put into this, but I don't get the value of the finished product. I have a highway nearby, but I travel a lot for business so leaving a device at home does little for me. It seems you're trying to maximize the benefit of embedding an APRS-aware device into a Linksys, but for what? I hoped to hear about a daemon that runs in Tomato, but no. Now it just seems like you went through all that effort just because there's a 3.3v power connector in there that's always on.

[flash178]

Wait, wut?