Echo Charlie sends: APRS Text Messages :: Protect Your Privacy

By NC ScoutPublished On: October 1, 2020Categories: AP Staff, Comms4 Comments

About the Author: NC Scout

NC Scout is the nom de guerre of a former Infantry Scout and Sergeant in one of the Army’s best Reconnaissance Units. He has combat tours in both Iraq and Afghanistan. He teaches a series of courses focusing on small unit skills rarely if ever taught anywhere else in the prepping and survival field, including his RTO Course which focuses on small unit communications. In his free time he is an avid hunter, bushcrafter, writer, long range shooter, prepper, amateur radio operator and Libertarian activist. He can be contacted at brushbeater@tutanota.com or via his blog at brushbeater.wordpress.com .

4 Comments

Anonymous October 1, 2020 at 12:43

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Johnny Paratrooper October 1, 2020 at 15:52

Signal Snipers=Way Above my Paygrade. I wish I got into this sooner rather than later. But this is cool.
Passed my first Technical practice quiz on HAMstudy.org. a few days ago. Gonna work on it some more.
I like the DMR instant message system videos I have seen on the tube. It’s like AOL instant messenger on a radio.

Very quick packet transmission too. Transmit time is like 1/2 second. So I hear…. Never tried it…

Never drove above the speed limit either. I’m a model citizen like that.
- NC Scout October 1, 2020 at 16:19
  
  There’s a heck of a lot that can be done with DMR.
  - Johnny Paratrooper October 1, 2020 at 16:35
    
    And if you don’t do it right, the “R” in DMR stands for RAMPAGE! not Radio.
    I like DMR sends crystal clear comms across the country if you bounce through repeaters.
    And I believe you can even use a Gateway to get on the internet. Which is crazy.