Blog
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Keeping APRS running when the phone screen is off
How APRS Connect keeps receiving and beaconing on Android with the screen off, what the battery exemption does, and what it costs.
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Why APRS Connect starts from the Messages tab
Why APRS Connect opens on conversations rather than a map: one thread per station, delivery states shown as facts, and service bots you talk to.
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Retry when heard: a message that waits for the other station
Why APRS messages fail, how retry when heard waits for the other station, what the Waiting to be heard list shows, and where QRX fits in.
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What happens after you press Send on an APRS message
How an APRS message travels, what the six delivery states in APRS Connect mean, the retry schedule, and how to read the message detail timeline.
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Checking in to #APRSThursday from your phone
A first #APRSThursday check-in in APRS Connect, end to end: the ANSRVR directory, the net room, the roster, APRSPH logging and delivery states.
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APRS Connect 1.7.0: messages that wait for a station, and net rooms that count
A failed message can now wait for its station and try again when it is heard, and a net room shows how many are on the net and who checked in tonight.