RE: Automated data transfeer for ground SCU

[John Welton <WELTON@son.umaryland.edu>]

RECIPIENT UNKNOWN  BZE514@UIHCJES2.UIHC.UIOWA.EDU
Chuck, yes I agree that APRS can be used in a variety of settings other than
ham radio, hence the intended study. Regarding you comment that APRS is a
connectionless system, well traditional voice com, pagers, and cell phones
are also connectionless ;-)

Are you doing anything digital at Pegasus?

John (N4SJW)



John Welton, PhD, RN
University of Maryland
School of Nursing
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-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck Byam [mailto:cbyam@virginia.edu]
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 5:43 PM
To: flightmed@flightweb.com
Subject: Re: Automated data transfeer for ground SCU


<< snip, snip >>
While the data portion of the packet is limited to 255 characters, using
compression and coding you can squeeze quite a bit of data into a packet.

The downside to APRS is the fact that it is a connectionless system, there
is
no guaranty that your data made it to where it was intended.

Regards,

Chuck Byam (KG4IJB)
University of Virginia

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