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NTSGTE: an APRS-NTS Gateway

October 11, 2023October 11, 2023 - by admin

Slide depicting how to get APRS You can now use APRS to send a radiogram through the NTS gateway.

NTSGTE is an APRS information service that receives radiograms and forwards them on to the Digital Traffic Network. Radiograms are then relayed on as usual. This service can be useful in situations where you need to send a radiogram but are unable to check in to a traditional NTS net. [Details]

Progress on NTS 2.0 Priorities

May 11, 2023May 11, 2023 - by Fred Kemmerer

The NTS 2.0 Team has been working on several priority items including:

An expanded set of standards and procedures for encapsulating and handling ICS-213 and other ICS and agency message formats
An enhanced standard for traffic handling instructions
An updated list of numbered message

Our work has included on-air testing in various modes to refine the work associated with the first item above. We are in the process of developing documentation and we expect to deploy these elements on the NTS 2.0 program in the near future.