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Dallas Amateur Radio Club

Sep 2018

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KG5EIU - David

Decentralized Amateur Paging Network

DAPNET

Short Overview

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Amatuer Paging Network: Research paper Spring 2016 by three guys in Germany. Paper be found at:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/312934460_Development_of_a_Decentralized_Paging_Transmitter_Network

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  • Uses the POCSAG protocol
  • Suggested frequency 439.9875 Mhz
  • Open - anybody can operate a transmitter
  • No commercial use
  • REST-API Support

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DAPNET - Started From A Research Paper

DAPNET Portal - https://hampager.de/#/

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Getting Started With DAPNET

What Is Needed:

  • Hotspot like ZUMSpot Running Pi-Star with current updated firmware (1.4.7)
  • POCSAG pager that supports 439.9875Mhz
  • Free Account on hampager.de
  • Registered transmitter on DAPNET (from hampager.de)
  • DokuWiki - https://hampager.de/dokuwiki/doku.php

ZumSpot Kit: https://www.hamradio.com/detail.cfm?pid=H0-015993

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DAPNET Portal - Screen Shot Examples

DAPNET Portal - https://hampager.de/#/

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Reference Links

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Thank You!

Comments And questions?

KG5EIU - David

www.davidcappello.com