I've been all over the place the last month - details to follow.... One common issue in any area or community is - what's happening here and where is it?
APRS would handily do that - but that means a computer is required in addition to the radio. Maybe someday will have the Android-RF white (grey) box phones - but we don't yet.
So - what not automate community announcements on one frequency. 147.000 comes to mind. Every repeater, club or DX'er could announce that's up. With an organized timing scheme it could be totally ad-hock. Also easy to add an "announcement server" with a rPI0 and Bf VOX radio. It could have text-to-speech announcements uploaded or do a simple analog audio capture and rebroadcast.
My first announcement "It's good to be home"
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Bill, WA7NWP
