[FQP] Mobiles on APRS

[Alan Sewell N5NA]

Since no operating frequency is sent by APRS how could it be spotting?  
How could it be any more "self-spotting" than a mobile CQing with 
callsign/cnty?  That's advertising your location just as APRS does.

73, Alan N5NA

On 4/24/2017 11:41 AM, Dave Edmonds wrote:
> If you use APRS I'm assuming that you would be in the 'assisted' 
> category? Is this called self-spotting?
>
> Dave WN4AFP
> On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 12:31 PM Alan Sewell N5NA <acsewell at gmail.com 
> <mailto:acsewell at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     It appears there may only be a couple of mobiles using APRS for the
>     FQP.  Searching aprs.fi <http://aprs.fi> I only found AD4ES and
>     NO5W with a recent
>     presence on APRS.  Hopefully both will be running APRS during the
>     QSO party.
>
>     I really enjoy using APRS to follow QSO party mobiles.  It's easy to
>     spot when they are in a new county or about to enter a new county. It
>     would be nice if ALL the mobiles would give APRS a try.  With an
>     iPhone
>     or Android you can be on APRS in just a few minutes and it uses very
>     little data.
>
>     Here is an aprs.fi <http://aprs.fi> map with a Florida county
>     overlay showing the last
>     location of AD4ES.
>
>     <https://goo.gl/Jyvimk>
>
>     You can easily show multiple stations by separating them by a space in
>     the aprs.fi <http://aprs.fi> search box.
>
>     How about it.  Can we get more mobiles on APRS?
>
>     73, Alan N5NA
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> Dave Edmonds
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