Quick question?
Overpriced
Better than using RF.
Response from developer
Thanks! I'm glad you like it.
Great service
Beacon Settings Needs to Be Better
Not much change. I really want to like this app and give it 5 stars but I can’t. I use it but only with reservations and some disappointment over its operation on beacon timing and lack of a working filter.
Original Comment
At first glance, the app looks pretty good. Really liked it. After time and considerable usage, not so good. I started using app because radio beacons are unreliable in my area. I needed a more consistent result. This app is not it. The controls for beaconing is fixed set to a min beacon of every 5 minutes as the fasted rate you can get. Any faster is up to the app with no insight to how it chooses to beacon. It could be 30 seconds or it could be 5 minutes. I found it taking 4 to 5 minutes between beacons. At 40 MPH, this means the beacons are as far as 2 to 3 miles off. Not useful for me. I need last known position to be accurate to hundreds of feet while traveling. Not miles. I went back to radio where I control the beacon rate which makes sense for speed and accuracy.
Unable to get filtering to work. I want to filter on a single station. Entering the call sign doesn’t do it. Enter call sign with wildcard asterisk doesn’t work either. No guide on how to use filtering.
Response from developer
Hi! The beacon interval is dynamic, and depends on the speehttps://groups.google.com/g/aprsfid of travel. It'll also detect turns of more than 35 degrees and transmit at those. Unfortunately, at 40 MPH, sending new positions every 300 feet (for example) would mean transmitting a new packet every 5 seconds, and this is more than what the APRS infrastructure can support. Some other tracking method might meet your needs better. At 40 MPH (straight line, without turns) the app will currently send a packet once per 600-700 yards. On the filtering: If you wish to track a single station, it's easiest to use the Search feature to find the station, and to press the Track button. You can also Track multiple stations at the same time. To stop tracking, press the "Stop tracking" button in the station information view, or drag & drop the callsign label in the map view to the side a bit. Filtering can also be used, but it's better for filtering in or out a set of stations, like radios of a specific model, or weather stations, or stations at a high altitude. It'll only show stations which have been seen within the selected time range, and won't go back in the historical database. Further support questions can be sent to the support group: https://groups.google.com/g/aprsfi
Does The Job
Keeps on getting better.
No app is perfect.
I’m always pleased when developers put time and effort in applications that serve a relatively small community compared to the general population.
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