Hardware APRS

APRS-capable Transceiver

• Alinco
  • Alinco DR-135 plus T2-135 S/M TNC which fits inside Alinco
  • Alinco DR-620T (Discontinued)
  • Alinco DR-635T
• Argent Data Systems
  • FC-301/D - 5-watt transceiver includes an integrated Tracker2 TNC board.
• Byonics
  • Micro-Trak TinyTrak4
  • Micro-Trak AIO (All In One)
• Kenwood
  • Kenwood TH-D7A, TH-D7A(G), TH-D7E (Discontinued)
  • Kenwood TH-D72 - link
  • Kenwood TM-D700 (Discontinued)
  • Kenwood TM-D710
• Yaesu
  • Yaesu VX-8R
  • Yaesu VX-8DR
  • Yaesu VX-8GR
  • Yaesu FTM-350R
  • Yaesu FTM-350AR

TNC, Digipeaters and Modems

• AEA TNC PK-232MBX (see TimeWave)
• Alinco EJ-41U - original TNC for Alinco DR-135
• Argent Data Systems
  • Tracker 2 Kiss-only TNC/digipeater/tracker/anti-tracker
  • Tracker2 model OT2m aka OpenTracker 2m aka OT2m - link1 or link2
  • Tracker2 model T2-135 aka T2-135 - Tracker for Alinco DR-135
  • Tracker2 model T2-301 aka T2-301 aka FC-301/D - Tracker2 TNC board includes 5-watt transceiver
• Byonics Portable Digipeater/Tracker
• DRSI DPK-2
• DRSI DPK-9600
• Kantronics
  • Kantronics KAM-98 -- (Discontinued)
  • Kantronics KAM-XL
  • Kantronics KPC-3 -- (Discontinued)
  • Kantronics KPC-3+ -- Packet Communicator, Full-function TNC/digipeater
  • Kantronics KPC-9612 -- (Discontinued)
  • Kantronics KPC-9612+ -- Packet Communicator
  • Kantronics KWM-1200+ Wireless Modem
  • Kantronics KWM-9612+ Wireless Modem
  • Kantronics MT1200 -- Wireless Modem with optional embedded GPS
• Kenwood RC-D710
• MFJ
  • MFJ-1270 -- TNC-2 Packet Controller
  • MFJ-1275
  • MFJ-1276
  • MFJ-1278
  • MFJ-8621A
  • MFJ-8621AX2
• µSmartDigi(tm) Digi and D-STAR Gateway
• Paccomm
• PacComm PicoPacket
• SCS DSP-TNC/TRACKER ROBUST Packet Digipeater/Tracker[1]
• TAPR
• TimeWave
• TinyTrak4
• TNC-X -- Kiss-only TNC
• USB micro TNC PLUS
• UIDIGI -- Digipeater firmware for TNC2 (and compatible) TNCs

APRS Trackers

• APRS Deluxe - ex: FoaPack from SQ2FOA
• APRS Navigator (NEW)
• Aprstracker2 (uses PIC16F690)
• Argent Data Systems
  • OpenTracker Rev 1
  • OpenTracker Rev 2
  • OpenTracker Rev 3
  • OpenTracker Rev 4
  • OpenTracker+ aka OT+ aka OT1+
  • OpenTracker1+ SMT aka OT1+ SMT - OT1+ w/receive capability
  • Tracker2 model OT2m aka OpenTracker 2m aka OT2m - link1 or link2
  • Tracker2 model T2-135 aka T2-135 - Tracker for Alinco DR-135
  • Tracker2 model T2-301 aka T2-301 aka FC-301/D - Tracker2 TNC board includes 5-watt transceiver

• BeeLine GPS
• DMATrak

• EwaAVR - uses ATmega88, AVRGCC source

• FoxTrak (uses PIC 16F84A)
• FreeTrak Open source B.I.Y.S.(NEW)
• HamHud Open source heads-up display for APRS (NEW version coming soon)
• KF161-Tracker
• KF163-Tracker
• Micro-Trak
  • Micro-Trak 200 FA - a frequency agile 2-meter FM transmitter combined with a TinyTrak 3 controller chip
  • Micro-Trak 300 - Original 300mW Micro-Trak, without the 8 watt amplifier
  • Micro-Trak 8000 - An 8 watt version of the Micro-Trak 300
  • Micro-Trak 8000 FA - An 8 watt, frequency agile Micro-Trak
  • Micro-Trak AIO - Micro-Trak All-In-One portable Tracker
  • Micro-Trak BFT - 35 watt Micro-Trak transmitter
  • Micro-Trak TT4 - TinyTrak4 with a radio transceiver

• MIM and another link: MIM
• OZ4HZ's Tracker with 5w transmitter
• PocketTracker (Discontinued)
• RTrak - All In One Tracker

• TAPR Mic-Encoder (Discontinued)
• TAPR Pic-Encoder (Discontinued)
• TinyTrak
  • TinyTrak 1/2/3/3a
  • TinyTrak3+
  • TinyTrak4
  • TinyTrak4D - A TinyTrak4 with a 20x4 display and keyboard port
  • TinyTrak SMT
• TigerTrak
  • TigerTrak TM-1 - link
  • TigerTrak TM-1+ - link
• ZPac OpenTracker inside Handheld radio's battery pack
• SCS DSP-TNC/TRACKER ROBUST Packet Digipeater/Tracker[2]

Weather Sensors

• AAG (One-wire)
• Columbia Weather Systems (Capricorn Weather Stations)
• Dallas Semiconductor (One-wire)
• Davis
• Flood Advisor
• Heathkit/Questech
• Huger
• IDT Weather Station info. Sold by Huger/Oregon Scientific/Radio Shack
• LaCrosse
• Maximum Weathermax
• MTECH Systems
• OregonScientific
• Peet Bros.
• Qualimetrics
• Radio Shack
• Texas Weather Instruments (One-wire and Serial)

Radio Direction Finding Equipment (RDF)

• Agrelo (discontinued)
• DSP-RDF from Byonics
• Montreal Doppler III

Other APRS Hardware

• AntiTracker
• AVR-based TNC
• Linksys NSLU2 plus HamSlug or other alternate firmware
• WL-500GP v1 running APRS4r firmware
• SiteAlert Remote Site Monitor
• Sound Card / Radio Interfaces
• WhereAVR
• GpsPlot Open source B.I.Y.S. - Decodes / displays to a GPS (NEW)
• DataTrak Telemetry firmware for Tiny Trak 3 (NEW)
• GSM APRS Based Unit with Open-source firmware/software

APRS Compatible GPS Units

• Hand Held GPS
• Vehicle GPS
• GPS without Display

GPS Loggers

• Kantronics KML-5000 - Logger aka Passive Tracker

Summary of APRS Devices

• APRS Device Capabilities Chart