great to hear!

Thank you, Aaron, I appreciate that!

More to come!

More to come!

Thank you! I will be putting together a messaging video soon!

i'm recording it today!

Brien Wankel pre-liked 👍 very exited!

Thank you for the suggestion, I've added the topic to my content list for a future video!

@@SonoranSpaceProgram awesome can't wait! I have a few books by Gordon West I'm studying for my HAM technician and general

Thank you, Karen.

@@daveengstrom9250 That makes sense? Do you know what a Karen is? Oh t certainly it any someone who offers a bit of trivia.. however useless you might find it. Turd.

@@daveengstrom9250 it occurs to me that you don’t understand what a Karen is.

Just seeing this comment and you are totally correct! I knew this and I'm surprised it didn't catch myself when I was filming and editing! Old habits die hard, hah!

same!

yes! this is by far the most requested talk from this video! I'll put something together this coming weekend

​@@SonoranSpaceProgram did you ever do this?

Yes, i still plan on doing a messaging video! As you can tell, i've fallen a bit behind with publishing videos, hah. getting back at it again now though

Good question! Pick up a CAT5/CAT6/RJ45 "patch" cable of any length and it will work. Make sure it is specifically a "patch cable". Amazon is a good place to find cheap patch cable if you aren't able to find it at a local computer store

yes Kenwood TH-D74A I just ordered today ) I guess this one my next and pair with . keep one at home and take other to camp.

Greetings. I have just ordered a radio which has APRS. I am wondering what in the world I would do with it. The video indicates it is handy for groups of people keeping track of each other, but I am just me. What do YOU use it for?? I am not sure of its usefulness in my case. Dave

@@daveengstrom9250 for putting it in your asshole.

@@daveengstrom9250 for putting it in your anus.

@@daveengstrom9250 yours is for a scratching your behind with it.

@@daveengstrom9250 You don’t know what a Karen is, or what APRS is right after watching a video about it. Since this is KZfaq. You should make a video about all of the things you don’t know. It might be interesting, and you could learn something :D

In my opinion, this is the best dual-band mobile radio on the market, i can't think of one that is better, so i consider this one the top of the class for sure.

@@SonoranSpaceProgram this one in the video is the tm-d710ga?, and this will be available for south Africa 🇿🇦

@@morrisdutoit850 Yes, the one i'm using in this video is the TM-D710GA, the last letter designates any region-specific tweaks. "A" for America, "E" for Europe, etc. the TM-D710G should be available to purchase in ZA but i'm not sure what the prices are like there

@@SonoranSpaceProgram thank you for all your info, if you compare the current radio I have tm281e vs the tm-d710ga will I have the same frequency range plus more

Yes. Your current radio is VHF band only, the 710G does both VHF and UHF, in addition to having built in GPS to enable modes like APRS

I have another radio that supports fusion, and there are a few fusion repeaters here in Tucson, but I've never used any of them. I don't know anybody who regularly uses either. analog FM audio sounds way better, but I suppose there's some fun to be had with distributed talk groups in both fusion and dstar, but I've not really played with either yet.

The Kenwood TM-D710 (and previous generations) are the most APRS feature rich, but the Yaesu FTM-400XD is a good close second and will usually be a hundred bucks more affordable. There are also handheld options like the Kenwood TH-72A/74A but I don't have much experience with them. Radioddity also makes some low cost APRS handhelds that I'd love to pick up and play around with some day

I also just noticed that Yaesu now had a lower cost APRS radio, the FTM-200DR, looks really interesting. 50W, too!

Great question, i'll be putting together another video specifically about messaging and using the sms/email gateways. In short, yes, you need to have a license in order to respond to the text message or email. The text messages are sent from a gateway phone number, there's a mechanism for proving your license to the gateway and registering your own phone number. If the gateway receives a message from a non-registered phone number (for example, an unlicensed person) it ignores the message and does not relay it over the radio network

Brien Wankel I would have assumed it was more like a auto patch phone conversation where only the person operating the radio need be licensed.

@@bradleyjohnson452 it kind of is in the sense that the outbound text initiated by a ham can be delivered to anybody whether or not they are licensed. with autopatch, the ham is always initiating and controlling the call. The license only comes into play when the recipient wants to respond back with another SMS. With autopatch, the recipient has no way to call back from phone to radio

@@SonoranSpaceProgram Here in Canada, The text message is going out by Internet to the SMSGTE gateway being Transmitted by a ham license gateway. As you mentioned Autopatch. It's the same idea except it's digital. The control radio operator is a licensed operator. AS long as the text message doesn't break (3) party rules, like ordering a pizza at a pizza shop and sending your visa/master charge number, etc. APRS and Winlink use the same rules. I can text my wife ( not a ham) and ask her to order a pizza. She can make the call and reply saying Pizza ordered on it's way to your location. The returning message is sent by SMSGTE which has a license call attach to it. I see nothing wrong.

Hi fellow Tucsonan! Check the squelch knov on the APRS side of your radio if the squelch is too low it won't ever stop "listening" and will block your outbound packets from being sent. Feel free to mask up and swing by my shop (Sonoran Expedition Collective in Midtown) and I can help troubleshoot in person if needed

@@SonoranSpaceProgram Thanks a lot. I might have to take you up on that. I figured out the squelch thing though.