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This Website is primarily about
my hobbies, Amateur (Ham) Radio/APRS and my
indulgence into the fascinating world of live
streaming webcams and being able to host and
run my own Web Server from the comfort of my
living room.
To Watch or Listen
to any streaming media in the above Media Center,
you will need Window Media Player 9.1 and above.
Here, you can watch all my Live streaming webcams
that are available right now, plus you can
view some of my short video clips that I may make
available sometimes.
From time to time I may make
Ham Radio audio available.
For now, only live Ham Radio audio
from the Washington DC Metro Area will be available.
The live stream you see when you enter this site, is about
a little family in Temple Hills, Maryland USA.
The best times to view us are on weekends, when we are not at our jobs.
At other times the camera is mostly pointed to the outside of the apartment so that you can view our wonderful weather.
We will be adding a 3 or 4 more cameras in the not too distant future, so please visit us often.
And as always, Thanks for visiting and watching us.
What is APRS?
The Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS) is a packet
radio system used for tracking objects, including
people, vehicles, boats, aircrafts, manned or
unmanned balloons, donkey carts, weather systems,
or just about anything, using an Amateur Radio
digital mode called unconnected (UI) packets.
APRS was developed by Bob Bruninga/WB4APR, and
was first introduced to the Amateur Radio Community
at the ARRL Computer Networking Conference in
New Jersey in 1992.
Over the past 12 years,
APRS usage has grown and expanded across the
globe. Many new features and capabilities have
been added since its inception.
Equipments for APRS are relatively inexpensive.
A basic system consist of a two meter handheld
radio, an encoder/TNC and a GPS unit.
Want to know where in the U.S.A, we are right
now?
click here
or view the map below. This map can be zoomed in or out, you can also click on the red dots to get more info about that red dot. No need to refresh map, it automatically updates itself. |
