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blog:2020-08-15:picoaprs [2020/08/15 07:44] – [PicoAPRS] va7fiblog:2020-08-15:picoaprs [2020/08/15 07:47] – [PicoAPRS] va7fi
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 Described as the "World's smallest APRS Transceiver by DB1NTO", the [[http://www.picoaprs.de/index_en.html |PicoAPRS]] can be used as: Described as the "World's smallest APRS Transceiver by DB1NTO", the [[http://www.picoaprs.de/index_en.html |PicoAPRS]] can be used as:
   * a tracker that can send position data   * a tracker that can send position data
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 Here are some screenshots: Here are some screenshots:
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 It outputs 1W and you'll need to buy a separate antenna.  The PicoAPRS's antenna port is a female SMA port (so you'll need an antenna with a male SMA connector), so Baofeng antennas won't work. It outputs 1W and you'll need to buy a separate antenna.  The PicoAPRS's antenna port is a female SMA port (so you'll need an antenna with a male SMA connector), so Baofeng antennas won't work.
  
-[[https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/wmo-picoaprs |DX Engineering]] sells it for $220 and the user comments there are pretty informative.  The gist is that unless you're in an area with lots of digipeater, using this unit with a portable antenna and its meagre 1W won't work as a mobile APRS station.  However, people have used it as trackers for drones or even drone APRS digipeaters+[[https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/wmo-picoaprs |DX Engineering]] sells it for $220 and the user comments there are pretty informative: it seems that unless you're in an area with lots of digipeaters, using this unit with a portable antenna and its meagre 1W won't work as a mobile APRS station.  However, people have used it as a tracker for drones or even as a drone APRS digipeater.
  
 It's pretty cool, but I can think of a lot of other things I'd spend $220 before buying this (unless I had a drone I guess). It's pretty cool, but I can think of a lot of other things I'd spend $220 before buying this (unless I had a drone I guess).
  
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