{"id":6580,"date":"2024-09-22T11:21:25","date_gmt":"2024-09-22T15:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/?page_id=6580"},"modified":"2025-11-03T09:12:49","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T14:12:49","slug":"arps-foundation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/index.php\/arps-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"APRS Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"<body><p><\/p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Presenters:<\/strong> <\/span>Jeff Hochberg <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qrz.com\/db\/W4JEW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">W4JEW<\/a>\n<p>Jeff is the current\u00a0 APRS Foundation President.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Forum Description:<\/span>\u00a0 <\/strong>The APRS Foundation was founded to represent APRS globally and is focused on picking up where Bob Bruninga (WB4APR\u2014SK) left off.<\/p>\n<p>The Foundation is focused on updating the APRS protocol specification and collaborating with the amateur radio community to build a roadmap that will take APRS in directions many have thought of but couldn\u2019t accomplish alone.<\/p>\n<p>This new organization will leverage the help and support of all the hams who have worked so hard to make APRS what it is today, as well as those who will join us in advancing and promoting APRS as we go forward.<\/p>\n<p>The APRS Foundation is open and inclusive. We welcome all who wish to join us on this exciting journey to advance APRS into the 21st century!<\/p>\n<div class=\"ydpfa03c071yiv9738637975gmail_default\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"ydpfa03c071yiv9738637975gmail_default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aprsfoundation.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">APRS Foundation<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"ydpfa03c071yiv9738637975gmail_default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aprsfoundation.org\/membership\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">APRS Foundation Membership<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"ydpfa03c071yiv9738637975gmail_default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/how.aprs.works\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How APRS Works<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Return to<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/index.php\/forums\/\">\u00a0Forums<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6587\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6587\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aprsfoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6587 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/APRS-Foundation-250x250-1.png?resize=250%2C250&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"APRS Foundation\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/APRS-Foundation-250x250-1.png?w=250&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/APRS-Foundation-250x250-1.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6587\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Link to the; APRS Foundation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presenters: Jeff Hochberg W4JEW Jeff is the current\u00a0 APRS Foundation President. Forum Description:\u00a0 The APRS Foundation was founded to represent APRS globally and is focused on picking up where Bob Bruninga (WB4APR\u2014SK) left off. The Foundation is focused on updating the APRS protocol specification and collaborating with the amateur radio community to build a roadmap &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/index.php\/arps-foundation\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">APRS Foundation<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6580","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6580"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7067,"href":"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6580\/revisions\/7067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}