[Savannah-register-public] [task #5484] Submission of OpenRadioFriendFinder

[Ansgar Schmidt]

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                 Summary: Submission of OpenRadioFriendFinder
                 Project: Savannah Administration
            Submitted by: ansi
            Submitted on: Montag 24.04.2006 um 11:31
         Should Start On: Montag 24.04.2006 um 00:00
   Should be Finished on: Donnerstag 04.05.2006 um 00:00
                Category: Project Approval
                Priority: 5 - Normal
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
        Percent Complete: 0%
             Open/Closed: Open
                  Effort: 0.00

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Full Name:
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  OpenRadioFriendFinder

System Group Name:
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  orff

Type:
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  non-GNU software & documentation

License:
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  GNU General Public License V2 or later

Description:
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  This project maily gaims on HAM (Amateur Radio Operators). Based on the
ATMEL Microcontroller this project develop hard and software for an APRS
(www.aprs.org) portabel client. 

Comparable to the Opentracker (http://n1vg.net/opentracker/) projects it goes
further. It goes more in the direction of an intelligent mobile assistent with
interpretation of incomming APRS message, ISS
(http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station) support and calculation of the nearest
FM relay.

The APRS data interpretation includes:
 * alert of friends are nearby
 * interprete weather reports from the nearest wx station
 * direction finder
 * tbd

The project is based on the WhereAVR
(http://www.knology.net/~gdion/whereavr.html) and uses open source libraries
from atmel and other open source project for HAM operators.

Furthermore this project can easily be reused for other radio transmitters
like "citizen band" or LPD radio devices which are free (without amateur
radio licence) to used by everyone.

 

Other Software Required:
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  ATMEL library
HAM libraries (APRS, Packet Radio)


Other Comments:
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  Additionaly to software this projects develops hardware layout.








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