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Dallas Clements
Приєднався 4 кві 2008
Utilizing tools like TAK and amateur radio to build situational understanding of the world around me.
ATAK: Create Overlays with Rubber Sheet
In this video, we show users of ATAK how to create an overlay using a .jpg that we downloaded from our state's park system website. While a high quality digital file is preferred, in a pinch users could also take a picture of a map at a trailhead or a map of a building layout. #tak #atak #wintak
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ATAK: Add Custom Map Icons
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In this video I explain how to add custom map icons to Team Awareness Kit (TAK). I will use Android Team Awareness Kit (ATAK) in this video, but the procedure is very similar in WinTAK. #tak #atak #wintak
Leveraging APRS in Search and Rescue (SAR) Operations
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For decades, the Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS) has been increasing the situational awareness of the amateur radio community. Search and Rescue teams made up of or augmented by licensed amateur radio operators can leverage this communications technology to increase the speed, efficiency, and accuracy of multiple routine tasks to the benefit of the Incident Command and ultimately, the ...
Add APRS Maps and an IGate to the Yaesu FTM-400DR
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This video shows how to add APRS maps to the FTM-400DR using a cheap Windows tablet and the data cable that is included with the radio. Also, the video shows how to tie the whole setup into APRS-IS allowing you to serve as an IGate for stations in the area. This is yet another experiment for me in my never ending search for the "perfect" APRS rig. Is this setup perfect? No. Unfortunately the FT...
Managing Winlink Via APRS
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This is a video export of a PowerPoint presentation given July 18, 2015 to the Williamson County (Tennessee) Amateur Radio Emergency Service. This presentation covers all the Winlink features available to licensed Amateur Radio operators through APRS and APRSLink. For more information, see www.Winlink.org/APRSLink. Though this presentation was made using the Yaesu FTM-400DR, the capability exis...
Budget APRS Mapping Solution and Portable Battery Box
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This is one of several "homemade" APRS rigs that I cobbled together over the last year. Since filming this several months back, I've moved on to an integrated rig for mobile APRS use (the Yaesu FTM-400DR), but I still use this battery box setup as part of an APRS base station for field work. In its current configuration, the smartphone has been swapped out for an inexpensive Windows 8.1 tablet ...
Send Winlink messages through APRS
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This brief video shows licensed amateur radio operators how to send Winlink messages through APRS. For more information on Winlink, see www.Winlink.org. For more information on APRS, see www.APRS.org. This functionality is being demonstrated on a Yaesu FTM-400DR. However, any APRS rig capable of sending messages can perform this task. I've clipped the periods between acknowledgements for time. ...
APRS: Receive Winlink unread message notifications
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If you use Winlink, this is a killer application of APRS. If you're like me, you check in with Winlink once a week. Imagine driving in your car and your APRS rig alerted you mid week to the fact that you have unread Winlink messages waiting on you. As some of you know, you can send a message to WLNK-1 to find this out and even read those messages. However, this method requires no user interacti...
What I found works for nested icon sets is to group the icons into folders, and at the top level include a file called iconset.xml with the content: <iconset name="My Icons" defaultGroup="Group A"> </iconset> where "My Icons" is the name I want to appear in TAK and "Group A" is the name of the folder I want as default. Then zip up all the folders and the iconset.xml file together and load into your TAK.
I'd like to know how one gets the little "GREEN" Light on the ATAK LOGO that indicates one is On-Line.....? Can you Help....?
Yes. Hit Menu, Settings, Network Preferences, and Network Connection Preferences. Check Display Connection Widget.
Dallas, can you help me? I’m trying to do this on my Yaesu 400. I go through the login step and when I get the login challenge, I enter the 6 character response. I do it by replying to the challenge and entering the characters after the : It transmits successfully, but I never seem to get a welcome. Any idea what I might be doing wrong? Thanks!
If you send a "P" command when this happens, assuming you are within two hours of a challenge a password, how does the system respond?
@@dclements42 I’ll do that today and let you know. Thank you!
@@michaelo6003 My first thought is that either the last command didn't hit the IGate or it did, but the acknowledgement didn't get to you. Either way, P (Playback) will reveal the last commands received by the system. Packet loss is not uncommon in APRS. Either because the line of sight isn't clear enough to and from the IGate or because of collisions with other packets being transmitted at the same time. A look at the map on APRS.fi will give you some idea of what the LOS probability is to the local IGate. You may find it's too far to be very reliable.
@@dclements42 I’m thinking it probably is an igate issue. When I tried logging in this morning, I received an ack, but no welcome from the system. The pathway on APRS.fi seemed fine. But then when I issued the P command, it didn’t go through, and when I checked the igate, it was gone. Frustrating! Thanks for your help!
Excellent presentation Dallas.
Can individuals who receive these messages actually reply back? In other words, would i get a reply on my radio?
Yes, they can.
@@dclements42 great, thank you!!
You've probably figured out the nested icons by now, but you just need nested folders in the ZIp
Great video and I've featured it on my personal call page, AD4ZU, and for my club page, KK4ONE. The only comment I have is a suggestion to explain why the data rate setting is at 9600 in the video. Many understand the on-air packet rate is 1200 may not understand or be confused by the 9600 rate, used for communicating with the tablet. Best, AD4ZU
That's a very slick setup. This was shared on the FTM-300 email reflector.
Thank you for letting me know. I replaced that car several years back. While I did move over the 400, I did not maintain the rest of the setup. It was nice, but I just assumed one day the tablet would cause me to get a window broken out by someone who thought it was worth something.
wow Another fantastic video thanks 73 from kb2uew
Thank you
I can't even get the map to resolve when I zoom in. Idk how you guys get this crap working so flawlessly, to me it's janky broken and rubbish. :(
That's been happening to me lately on ITAK when using some of the Apple maps, but I haven't had that experience on ATAK. I'm using a Pixel 6 as my handheld device and a Samsung Tab S7 as a tablet.
To be fair, though, my work iPhone XR is 4-5 years old and was the budget buy when we got it
Just wondering if anyone has a solution to add this to a moving object like a ship?
Somehow I missed this when you first submitted the comment. No, I haven't seen anything that would address that use case
Great video and setup! What are you using now? Many of your components in this video no longer exist.
Thank you. I still have the 400, but I'm not using a tablet to visualize where folks are at anymore. I became concerned over time that the big tablet on my dash would be too tempting a target for smash and grab thieves. I do miss it, though.
@@dclements42 true that! I mounted my 400XDR control head down below in the little cubby hole on the dash of my Tacoma. Takes a few seconds longer to get a GPS lock, but it's pretty much invisible to passers by. Antenna is disguised as a traditional car antenna so as not to attract attention. 73!
This was the best explanation I’ve seen so far. Thank you sir.
Great video LTC. I have just started working on getting all these icons into one icon pack to share with the community.
Talk about some tedious work with so many icons to choose from. When you get that done, it will be one heck of a service to the community.
had the same problem Workaround: Install icon zip package on atak then use the export button in the icon setting window install the generated zip package from atak on wintak
2021 just bought that Winbook TW700 -second hand super cheap- to make the connections through a Mobilinkd with a Baofeng handy radio. But also I'll try it with cable connections to my TM-D710 Kenwood to see what happens. Greetings from Perú.
Can you explain installing the drivers to use the data cable?
I am curious if this is possible with the ftm-300dr? I would like to run a similar setup linked to my ipad for off roading in groups.
Unfortunately, I couldn't say. I don't have experience with the FTM-300DR.
This series of videos got me sending and receiving emails via APRS. You should do a few more on other radio related topics. Very nice 73 Gary N1RNJ
Thank you. That is kind of you to say.
Just was able to make SARtrack operational with my system. Impressive system for SAR.
I had the situation where I did not receive the login challenge. Tried a few times to get one and it eventually came back and that very first message next I received said I tried to login too many times , basically you’re Locke out for a while and come back in about 2 hours. Is there a command to have it retransmit a challenge if u don’t receive one before you are locked out for 2 hours? It applied me trying to make an initial contact to my number of login attempts. This wouldn’t be a good scenario if there were a real emergency.
Not that I'm aware of.
Ok. I found your videos very helpful. Thanks for making them.
What difference in info on the pad would there be if the Freedom Pop wasn't integrated in to the system? The Freedom Pop you have seem to be obsolete, are there other options you'd recommend? Obviously I don't have much of a clue about electronics. I've had my Yaesu 8800 for 6 years and still can't program it. Thanks for the vid, pretty sweet set up!
I would like to try to bring in the FTM-400 into the house and setup APRS in here. I would assume I could connect a desktop HP Windows 7 machine to this or a Hp windows 10 laptop and set GPS coordinates as stationary into the radio right? Answers can be sent to n8zsa01@gmail.com
Yes
Great presentation. Sometimes in search and rescue we are fortunate to have volunteers who are not licensed amateurs. The Garmin Rino’s are a great GMRS radio with built in GPS mapping. You are correct, up until now their greatest drawback was the very poor fixed antenna. Now that the FCC forbids GMRS 5 watt radios to be combined with FRS we hope that Garmin moves to a better removable antenna for field operations and base operations. Attached to a laptop Garmin uses a program called Base Camp which plots their radios on a full sized map in real time. With a good antenna in the field and at base this is a very robust system for the 2-5 mile range.
Another option that I am really liking that doesn't require an amateur radio license is the program Team Awareness Kit. If you are beyond the reach of cellular, each smartphone can be paired with a goTenna Pro X running on VHF or UHF frequencies.
Outstanding presentation. Please update as you see fit. This is an excellent video to train new users of ARPS and SAR folks.
Any update to your set up in the last 5 years?
Dallas, do you have any updates on this setup?
Hi, this is still the go to video for this setup. I have it working on two tablets but the gps info isn’t passing into aprsis32. It is collecting aprs stations as I disable the internet on the tablet so not sure if you have seen gps not showing up. Thanks in advance for any suggestions. 73 de AJ6EE
Sorry, great video! Very informative!
Cannot find screen/map/Prefetch on the program I downloaded.
I found a way to transmit and receive packets and messages using a TNCX on the FTM-400XDR. Its not a one way APRS data port.
How?
I have a Yaesu FT7900 in the car as my dedicated APRS radio and. FT8800 for my regular use radio. Are you using your using your dual VFO radio strictly for APRS or for both APRS and voice?
Dallas, let me give you a perspective of a search manager. I have not found that I need "real time" locations of the teams that I send out. I know where they should be based on the areas that they were assigned. True, that if they leave this area, I won't know that until they get back and their GPS tracks are downloaded. But it is common for areas to be researched because of information acquired during the course of a search or different assets being used. So it is not clear that APRS would eliminate the need to research an area. If you are working with a trained searcher, someone trained on the use of reading and using a GPS and reading and using a topo map, this issues of a team leaving their assigned area is reduced. APRS also adds to another piece of equipment to the mix. Now the search team not only needs to carry a GPS, a radio for SAR comms, and the rest of their SAR gear, but they also need a APRS device. There is also an added cost to purchase the APRS units, and having a reasonable number of them to be of any use on a search. It also seems like APRS is too dependent on the internet to view the map with all the various APRS icons on it. Internet access is not always something you have on a search, especially in remote parts of the country, where a lot of searches take place. You mentioned redirecting a team in progress to go to another location. We do this now without APRS. We radio the team closest to the place we want to search and tell them to relocate to a given location. Typically on a search the number of people in incident command is extremely limited. Usually those that are in IC have to wear multiple hats. Using APRS would now need someone to monitor a screen to watch the icons of the various teams. In the portion that goes over the importance of the antenna and the power output, you talk about the need for an external antenna and higher power output. How would you achieve this with a hand held radio? A larger antenna can be attached to a handheld but how do you boost the power output? I can see that you have put a lot of effort into this presentation and I can see all of the positives that you mentioned. There just seems like a lot of moving parts. What are your thoughts on this? Is this something that you are using in search and rescue where you live? If so, what has your experience been so far?
APRS does not need the internet for ANYTHING outside of getting the application and the map in the first place.
Good video! Very easy to follow. I bet there have been a few improvements since 2015 to Windows tablets. Are you still running this setup or have you upgraded anything? Good to know that APRS doesn't use that much data. Kevin KE0UXC
I'm actually not running this any more. I figured the guy deciding whether or not to break into my car wouldn't know or care that the tablet he was seeing was worth less than $50.
I know this Vid is a little old, but I'm just now trying to understand this. First I'm valid on WL2K. What I don't understand is you don't mention what I encountered which was a Password Auth. from winlink which I've used many times with simple terminal. Does the Subject require pressing TX, wait for the Ack. and then select Reply and compose body of message, hit TX, wait for Ack. and then reply with /EX to end ? Appreciate any help.
This video was made before password authentication. To answer your question, I now start out with the simple command of "L" to intiate the exchange. The system comes back with pass auth, you respond, and once confirmed, you can carry on like the video describes.
How about the FTM 400 XDR ?
...well done, thanks a lot for this information!
if i buy a tablet with windows 10 will this setup still work? or do I need a winbook?
A normal Windows 10 tablet will work. I just used a Winbook because it was the least expensive Windows 10 tablet I could find at the time.
@@dclements42 thank you for your time and your video it will be helpful when I set this
Excellent video....thanks
I'm a little confused here. I bought a WinBook TW700... new in the box. I charged it up and did a side by side comparison with my wife's Apple tablet. I started both units and connected them to WiFi. Then I went to APRS.FI simultaneously. They both brought up the APRS.FI screen, but the WinBook doesn't show any stations or data... just a map. Is this because the WinBook doesn't have a GPS in it? Thanks in advance.
Hmm. That doesn't make sense to me. I'm not sure why you'd experience that. The GPS shouldn't factor in. If you go to APRS.FI with a desktop or a laptop (also with no GPS), you'd still see stations.
Yes, I'm stumped. I loaded APRSISCE32 on the WinBook and it seems to show most targets. The whole unit is very twitchy... periodically the battery level icon pops up and you can't get rid of it. I think I will just pick up an Apple Tablet and use that.
You knocked this one out of the park! Great presentation! Thanks for sharing.
I wonder if there is a data cable/extension that would allow the radio to be remotely mounted and still connect to the tablet mounted in the dash area.
Yes, you can extend the data cable by using a simple USB extension cable.
Dallas Clements - Thank you
Crackerjack video.... you obviously have public speaking experience... no "ummm".. "ahhhh", or other noises! No skipping around.. Went from A to B to C, etc..Thank you for a great production. I wish all HAM Clubs conducted such clear, concise educational sessions... HAM Radio would attract a lot more participants.
Dallas why did you go with the Yaesu 400DR and not a Kenwood Radio? I am thinking about a Kenwood TM-D710GA since it can support all APRS functionality (resending other APRS packets) and having a full TNC vs the limited KISS Yaesu one but the "newer" look and UI features of the Yaesu look appealing. Are you still happy with your decision?
My preference was the TM-710. Still is. At the time, though, the 400DR was about $200 cheaper. A couple years later I pick up a used 710. It is in my go kit so I can do packet, full APRS, or dual VFO voice.
@@dclements42 Thank you Dallas for coming back and answering those questions. Really helpful and I think I'll go with a 710 then.
@@rocklover28 I don't know if you live in a Winlink packet town, but there are 4-5 Winlink nodes in my town that are running V or U. For a very localized outage like after a tornado, that could be handy. The 710 accommodates 9600 baud well.
@@dclements42 I do... I have two in town on V and was thinking about that as well. I want to get into packet radio to do email while playing up in the mountains (Central WA state) and for EMCOMM. Another reason to go with the 710 since it has a full access TNC.
Dallas C Did u ever try to run Winlink client from that micro center tablet or a Win10 machine to your ftm-400? If so, do u use the same data cable. Also what packet interface did u use?
Do you know if the Yaesu FTM-400xdr will allow the tablet connection?
I don't think I understand your question.
@@dclements42 do you know if the xdr has a data port and you would be able to connect a tablet to it as you have done? I'm looking at purchasing the xdr.
@@Dennis-tf2cs The radio has a data port. With regard to connecting to a tablet, I can only speak to tablets operating on a Windows OS. That works. Can't speak for Android or iOS.
I know this is a old video but I have some questions. Is there a way to contact you? Thank you for the video...
Callsign @arrl.net.
Any links to this software you are using?
aprsisce.wikidot.com/downloads
Any luck for FTM100D doing this?
Unknown. I don't own that radio.
This will allow me to upload other aprs stations that I receive, how do I upload my own aprs beacon onto the net?
Good stuff. Thanks
How do I learn more about downloading maps so I don’t need a cellphone connection? Thanks
Vaughn Bradley, check out the following website for all the information on using offline street maps: aprsdroid.org/osm/