OOPS! Well we saw 12 FD sites logged onto the CQSRVR but after seeing no return-CQ's from anyone else, I ased the author and around midnight he found a glitch and all of the CQSRVR re-transmitted messages were all stuck at the server!
So that explains why we all got ACKS and saw that our messages had gone out, but they hadn't and so none of us were seeing anything. It is fixed now. But too late for this fielday.
Anyway, anytime you have a regional, national or global event, don't forget you can use the CQSRVR for any such global message group. Just put CQ GROUP as the first two words of any message and everyone else using the same GROUP will see them. For SCOUTS all over the world, try the CQ SCOUTS group during your campouts.
See details http://aprs.org/cqsrvr.html
Bob, Wb4aPR
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bob Bruninga Sent: Friday, June 22, 2012 10:26 AM To: 'amsat-bb' Cc: 'TAPR APRS Mailing List' Subject: [amsat-bb] Field Day site-to-site texting
Every FD site will usually have APRS on line. Remember, you can contact any other FD site in the world on your APRS channel. (144.39 in North America).
Just send them an APRS text message.
Of course, this assumes you know their callsign. To facilitate learning who else is on the air, send a CQ FD message to the APRS CQSERVER and your CQ will go to every other CQ FD site on the planet. This has nothing to do with FD rules and points. It is just a way to have fun and be able to contact any FD site without knowing apriori their calling freq.
Just send an APRS message to CQSRVR and make the first two words of the message be CQ FD .... for example, "CQ FD from Bob in Annapolis, MD". These do not count for points, but are a great way to have ham radio fun with other sites.
This will log you onto the CQ FD message group and from then on, you will get ALL OTHER such messages from all other such stations. When you DO see an incoming CQ FD message, now then you know their callsign and can MESSAGE THEM DIRECTLY from then on.
To keep the load down, you can only send one CQ FD message once every 30 minutes, but you will remain logged on for up to 12 hours. After no activity, you will be dropped.
Oh, for more info about APRS and Field Day, see http://aprs.org/cqsrvr.html
Bob, WB4APR
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