‰ NOW 13 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM SEPTEMBER 2016 QST PAGE 30 ‰ THAT RAW INFORMATION SCROLLS BY ON THE APRS DATA SCREEN PERIODICALLY, AND IS HOPEFULLY SEEN BY THE OBSERVER. THIS IS NOT AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO WATCH FOR BATTERY AND TEMPERATURE ISSUES. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE BATTERY VOLTAGE SO WE CAN KNOW AHEAD OF TIME WHEN BATTERY CHANGES ARE NEEDED. OUR DIGIPEATERS ARE DEPLOYED, IN OUTDOOR LOCATIONS, TYPICALLY IN THE SUNSHINE, SO KEEPING AN EYE ON EQUIPMENT TEMPERATURE ALLOWS US TO MAKE SURE WE WILL NOT HAVE ANY HEAT RELATED FAILURES. WE FELT WE COULD DO SOME ƒ QST DE W1AW ‰ THINGS BETTER TO MAKE SURE OUR HARDWARE RESOURCES WERE ALL OPERATING PROPERLY. HENCE, I WROTE A WINDOWS BASED TELEMETRY MONITORING PROGRAM, APRS TELEMETRY WATCHER APRS TW, TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE TELEMETRY. APRS TELEMETRY WATCHER APRS TW MONITORS APRS TRAFFIC FOR TELEMETRY PACKETS, SHOWS THE INFORMATION FROM EACH UNIT ON A GRAPHIC DISPLAY, AND ALERTS THE OPERATOR IF USER SPECIFIED CONDITIONS OCCUR. THESE FEATURES ALLOW THE ‰ END OF 13 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ