04/28/2016
RFinder, the creator of a web and app-based directory of Amateur Radio
repeaters worldwide, now includes the ability to report radio jamming anywhere.
This feature is already available in RFinder's Android app and should be
available for iOS devices by the time of Dayton Hamvention[1]?. Those without a
device or subscription can file reports[2] online. Individuals or entities
responsible for coordinating anti-jamming activities also can request access[3]
to view jamming reports for their area.
"Repeater jamming is a problem worldwide, [and] we've created a way of
organizing anti-jamming activities worldwide," says Bob Greenberg, W2CYK,
creator of RFinder. "We are evaluating some automated monitoring technology to
integrate in the near future. This new feature just extends RFinder's social
features even further."
RFinder includes more than 60,000 repeaters in some 170 countries around the
globe. RFinder is integrated directly with EchoLink on both Android and iPhone
and provides the ability to share repeater check-ins on Facebook, Twitter, and
APRS. RFinder is integrated with RT Systems and CHIRP radio programmers and has
a routing feature[4], where users can find repeaters worldwide over a given
route. Video demos[5] of RFinder features are available on YouTube.
In February, ARRL announced it had established an agreement with RFinder to be
its preferred online resource of repeater frequencies. Subscribe[6] to RFinder
from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch, or from your Android smartphone or
tablet. The annual $9.99 subscription provides access to repeater data
worldwide through RFinder's collection of apps for Android and Apple devices,
and from nearly any web browser. RFinder will have an exhibit in the ARRL
EXPO[7] at Dayton Hamvention, May 20-22.
[1] http://www.hamvention.org/
[2] http://jamming.rfinder.net/
[3] http://jamcoordinator.rfinder.net/
[4] http://routes.rfinder.net/
[5] http://youtube.rfinder.net/
[6] http://subscribe.rfinder.net/
[7] http://www.arrl.org/expo
---
■ Synchronet ■ Whiskey Lover's Amateur Radio BBS
|
