spot2aprs

Spot Tracker to APRS Utility

Usage

This script is intended to be run as a cron-job, at whatever update rate you wish (noting that the Spot API terms and conditions specify a maximum 2.5 min update rate).

usage: python spot2aprs.py [-h] [--symboltable SYMBOLTABLE] [--symbolcode SYMBOLCODE]
                    [--maxage MAXAGE] [--verbose]
                    mycall passcode spotkey

positional arguments:
  mycall                Callsign and SSID, for use on APRS, i.e. N0CALL-1.
  passcode              APRS-IS Passcode.
  spotkey               FindMeSpot API Key

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --symboltable SYMBOLTABLE
                        APRS Symbol Table (see
                        http://www.aprs.org/symbols.html)
  --symbolcode SYMBOLCODE
                        APRS Symbol Code
  --maxage MAXAGE       Maximum age of position reports to upload (minutes).
  --verbose             Increase verbosity.

Dependencies

• Python 3
• Python libraries: python-dateutil, requests, aprs

On most debian-based systems, you should be able to get the dependencies by running:

$ sudo apt-get install python3-pip python3-dateutil python3-requests
$ pip3 install aprs

Running:

$ python spot2aprs.py --verbose --maxage 120 MYCALL-10 12345 yourapikeyhere

You will probably want to run this in a cron job at maybe 10 minute intervals.