APRS Mobile

APRS Mobile can now use the TNC built into your radio, through a Bluetooth LE serial adapter. • Radios with a built-in TNC: plug a Bluetooth LE serial adapter, such as the DSD TECH SH-B30-BLE, into the serial port of a Kenwood TM-D710, TM-D700, TH-D72 or a similar radio, and APRS Mobile sends and receives through the radio's own TNC. Settings › Radio lists it as a Serial adapter. • Radio Check: a checklist from the adapter to the air. It reads the adapter's settings, finds out what's on the radio's serial port, and switches the TNC to KISS for you, all without transmitting. Send Test Beacon then sends one position report and tells you which digipeater or IGate passed it on. • BTECH UV-Pro: its built-in TNC connects directly over Bluetooth, with no adapter. Put the radio in Bluetooth pairing mode the first time you connect. • Send Using and Show Stations From are now on the settings screen of every radio link, including the Software Modem and Network TNC, not only the Bluetooth TNC. • Return the TNC to Normal When Disconnecting: takes the radio's TNC out of KISS when you disconnect, so the radio's own APRS works again. • Serial Log: the raw bytes to and from the TNC, to share when asking for help with a radio APRS Mobile doesn't know yet. • Your beacons' comment now says "APRS Mobile aprsmobile.app" unless you've written your own in Settings › Station. • Help has a new section, "A radio with a built-in TNC": the adapter's jumpers, the cables and settings, and notes on other radios. There's a setup guide with photos at aprsmobile.app/blog.