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   PID: Synchronet 3.17c-Win32  Apr 18 2019 MSC 1800   
   TID: SBBSecho 3.07-Win32 r3.111 Apr 18 2019 MSC 1800   
   Mike,   
      
   MP>I used them more for spying on my sisters & their friends than I did to   
   MP>actually communicate with anyone else.  They were not near as interesting   
   MP>as I imagined them to be. :)   
      
     With the APRS mode (available for Technician Class licensees and   
   higher), with such things as a beacon from ones Terminal Node Controller   
   (TNC)(a modem for ham radio)...or from their mobile rig...or from the   
   APRS app for Android, or a GPS-X command with the D-Rats program, one   
   can have their location out on aprs.fi around the clock. If I'm offline   
   for storms (as I will be tonight through Thursday night), I won't show   
   up.   
      
     I have the APRS for Android app, but mainly have mine from the D-Rats   
   utility. RATS is STAR spelled backwards...so it's a companion to D-Star.   
   It allows hams to exchange message and files, and chat in real time.   
   Some nets have chat rooms, or are on "ratflectors" (as opposed to   
   reflectors on voice), and they can get rather busy. :)   
      
   Daryl, WX4QZ   
      
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