Join John Rokicki, KC1VMZ, as he presents “Net Central—a New Spin on APRS, Nets and EmComm Tools” at the 2026 Northeast HamXposition.
Says John: “Net Central was developed to leverage the power of APRS to bring managed nets to APRS, provide situational awareness of the surrounding ham infrastructure, and augment reality by extending the set (and intelligence) of APRS objects available for EmComm settings.”
This presentation will discuss the use cases for Net Central, its unique offering in APRS, and even an interactive demo for those in the audience capable of using APRS on-site.
John Rokicki, KC1VMZ, is a relatively new ham with a passion for APRS! Getting his licenses as a response to viewing the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, he focused his attention on EmComm and gravitated towards APRS. With APRS as a potent technology, he realized that EmComm-focused solutions could be built leveraging it. Net Central became a passion project, melding his software engineering background and growing love of APRS.