Article: 50956 of rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc
Subject: Re: winaprs vs acarsd
From: Panzer240 <panzer240@hotmail.com>
References: <e9uab1lhs9b07ojjad82do11obstpprras@4ax.com>
Message-ID: <Xns967A8ACDF1296fw190a8@198.161.157.145>
Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 16:38:42 GMT

Mebart <> wrote in news:e9uab1lhs9b07ojjad82do11obstpprras@4ax.com:

> How much does winaprs and aprsair cost to register???
> 
> I want to display airline flights that transmit on 131 Mhz for the
> purpose of propagation monitoring only and don't need any of the
> packet functions.
> 
> So, I'm trying to decide whether to get aprs/aprsair or whether to
> just get acarsd (which is free, but doesn't require a tnc, but has
> less options for mapping).
> 
> M
> 

You might also look at WACARS here:

http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Cockpit/9870/wacars/readme.html

Freeware and you can use your own maps if memory serves :) There should be 
information on the above site for creating your own maps.



-- 
Panzer