About APRS and the CWOP

Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS) can be used to track mobile stations' positions using GPS. In addition, amateur Radio operators nationwide use APRS for reporting and tracking severe weather conditions. Any station with a home weather station can connect it to his/her APRS station and automatically transmit weather conditions.

The National Weather Service has over 6,000 automated radio stations submitting weather reports from across the country every hour via the Citizen Weather Observer Program.

All you need is a TNC, a VHF transceiver, and inexpensive weather measuring equipment to get your station up and running! Of course, if you just want to receive the APRS reprots on 144.39 MHz FM from other stations you can do that too... REAL TIME! CWOP station reports are relayed to the National Weather Service over the air via digipeaters and the receive nodes connected to the internet.

Join the CWOP
More CWOP Information
U.P. Skywarn APRS TNC and Software Settings
APRS TNC settings explained (you shouldn't be using RELAY or WIDE anymore)


NOTE: The U.P. is in need of APRS digipeaters! Consider converting your old 145.01/145.09 BBS or packet node to an APRS node on 144.39 MHz using the WIDEn-N format. No matter where you live, It would be additionally helpful (although not absolutely necessary to help us out) if you interfaced your over the air node with your broadband internet connection using UI-View , a free download. This would GREATLY help fill in the multiple holes in the coverage in the U.P. and enable better posting of information to the internet.

We especially need stations near:
Nestoria/Michigamme/Republic (coverage gap image),
Munising/Wetmore/Shingleton (coverage gap image),
Crystal Falls/Amasa (coverage gap image),
Scandia/McFarland/Trenary (coverage gap image)
Escanaba/Gladstone (coverage gap image)

THANK YOU!

Latest APRS Weather Reports

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Michigan CWOP Stations reports
Wisconsin CWOP Stations reports
Latest APRS activity map (please wait 15 seconds to load, click on an icon for info. WX=weather every 15 mins.)


KD8GBH-14 WX Graphs (Hancock)
KC9AMX WX Graphs (Marenisco)
KD8ABP-1 WX Graphs (Calumet)
Your weather station could be listed right here too!

Hardware and Software

UI-View Executable
U.P. Map and INF file (copy to C:\Program Files\Peak Systems\UI-View32\MAPS)
Western U.P. Map and INF file
Central U.P. Map and INF file
Eastern U.P. Map and INF file
Byonics
Peet Brothers Weather Station
Davis Weather Station
TAPR/AAG Weather Station
UI-View Add-ons