Simple-Shell-APRS

Simple Shell APRS Beacon and Message Scripts

#!/bin/bash

shellbeacon 1.0 A simple SHELL APRS Auto Beacon by WA1GOV

Works with Linux & Windows/Cygwin with netcat package installed

Change the following variables to select your call, password, locaton etc.

callsign="xxxxxx-xx" # Change this to your callsign-ssid password="12345" # See http://apps.magicbug.co.uk/passcode/ position="!4151.29N/07100.40WI" # See position report below serverHost="newengland.aprs2.net" # See http://www.aprs2.net/APRServe2.txt comment="shellbeacon 1.0 by WA1GOV"

serverPort=14580 # Definable Filter Port delay=1800 # default 30 minutes address="${callsign}>APRS,TCPIP:"

POSITION REPORT: The first character determines the position report format

!4151.29N/07100.40W-

A ! indicates that there is no APRS messaging capability

The last character determines the icon to be used

!4151.29N/07100.40W-

A dash will display a house icon

Find your Lat/Long from your mailing address at the link below

http://stevemorse.org/jcal/latlon.php

Enter your callsign-ssid on https://aprs.fi/ to check your location

login="user $callsign pass $password vers ShellBeacon 1.0" packet="${address}${position}${comment}" echo "$packet" # prints the packet being sent echo "${#comment}" # prints the length of the comment part of the packet

while true do

use here-document to feed packets into netcat

nc -C $serverHost $serverPort -q 10 <<-END
$login
$packet
END
if [ "$1" = "1" ]
then 
    exit
fi
sleep $delay

done