G4ILO APRS Gateway Status
I am active on APRS, the Automatic Packet Reporting System and operate internet gateways (IGates) on the 2m European APRS frequency (144.800MHz),
Including portable equipment there are a number of different APRS SSIDs that I may use. These are the G4ILO calls you may see on the air:
- G4ILO-2 is my VHF IGate on 144.800MHz. It uses a Kenwood TM-D710 transceiver with APRSISCE software running on a HTC Touch Pro Windows Mobile phone.
- G4ILO is my shack PC running APRSIS32. You can send APRS messages to me here.
- G4ILO-5 is the ID used by my weather station. This is a Fox Delta WX1 PIC16F877 APRS Weather Station which was built from a kit. The transceiver output from this is connected to a Radiometrix TX1 VHF transmitter module on 144.800MHz with 10mW output into a "stubby" antenna which transmits the weather data at 10 minute intervals to my VHF IGate.
- G4ILO-7 is used when I am out and about on foot with my Kenwood TH-D72.