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Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS) is an amateur radio based system for real time tactical digital communications of information of immediate value in the local area. In addition, all such data is ingested into the APRS Internet system (APRS-IS) and distributed globally for instant access. In addition to messages, alerts, announcements and bulletins, the most visible aspect of APRS is it's map display. Anyone may place any object or information on their map and it is distributed to all maps of all users in the local RF network or monitoring the area via the internet. Any station, radio or object that has an attached GPS is automatically tracked. Other prominent map features are weather stations, alerts and objects and other map related amateur radio volunteer activities including Search and Rescue and signal direction finding.

APRS was developed since the late 80's by Bob Bruninga, callsign WB4APR, currently a senior research engineer at the United States Naval Academy. The acronym "APRS" was derived from his callsign. In the 1990's as GPS excitement dominated many new applications, the "P" was often referred to as "Position" instead of the original "Packet". But this so skewed the public perception of APRS as only a GPS and Weather Position tracking system, that recently, the emphasis has returned to the broader "Packet" applications.

APRS Programs

APRS for DOS (original, requires 8088 or better, 640K RAM, VGA)
WinAPRS (32-bit Windows program, needs Win95/98 or Win 3.1 plus Win32s extensions)
MacAPRS (available for 68K or Power PC Macintosh computers)
APRS Plus SA (allows you to run Win95/98 Delorme Street Atlas 4 or later with as an APRS station)
PocketAPRS (allows you to use the Palm Pilot with OSv3 for APRS)
APRS for Win/CE, with support for most Win/CE devices, as well as most APRS map formats
Xastir (an open-source APRS-compatible system under development for Linux and other X-capable systems)
UI-View (A Win 3.1/95/98 APRS-compatible system that supports BPQ- and AGW-compatible devices)
AGW Packet Engine for Windows 9x adds support for Baycom modems, KISS TNCs and even sound cards
to WinAPRS, APRS Plus SA, and other programs.

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Roger Barker G4IDE SK Roger Barker G4IDE became a silent key on September 8, 2004. The amateur radio community lost a great friend on that day. He will be remembered as a true ham. Roger was the author of WinPack, UI-View and UI-View32, as well as other programs. UI-View has had a huge and positive impact on the APRS community. Most of us only knew him through the UI-View support group, but some UI-View users were fortunate enough to have met him. He was ever-present on the list answering questions that had usually been asked before, but always courteous and always helpful. Even in the middle of the night, he often posted replies. He leaves behind a legacy that will be useful to thousands of hams world-wide for years to come, and his loving wife Dee, his son Steven and his daughter Kate.

Just before Roger G4IDE passed away, the registration fees for UI-View and WinPack were waived, but it is asked that you make a donation to your local or national cancer agency. Please ignore the registration instructions in the UI-View Help.

UI-View is a Windows APRS program. This application differs from most APRS software in that it isn't designed just to be used with TNCs in terminal mode. UI-View also supports TNCs in KISS mode, AGWPE host mode and BPQ host mode. The 32 bit version of UI-View also supports WA8DED/TF host mode, and the variant of it used in the SCS PTC-II and PTC-IIe. The host mode support means that UI-View can be used with an extremely wide range of packet hardware and allows up to 16 RF ports to be used.

It can run as a full-featured internal intelligent digipeater with the TNC in KISS mode, and with modification to the UI-View2.INI file, supports the new WIDEn-N settings, and has full support for connecting to APRS servers on the Internet and running as an IGate or Internet Gateway.

UI-View uses bitmap images for its maps. Also, the 32 bit version has full support for Undertow Software's Precision Mapping CD atlas version 5 or 6, allowing you to zoom to street level anywhere in the USA. Their newly released version 7 is also supported, now that PMapServer7 by Bill Diaz KC9XG has been released. Several screenshots can be seen at www.billdiaz.dynip.com.