APRS Static Position Beacon with Web UI

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About

APRSPHERE is a lightweight, self hosted APRS static position beacon with a browser-based configuration panel. Configure your callsign, coordinates, symbol, comment, server, and beacon interval all from a dark-themed web UI with live map preview. No config files to edit manually.

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Features

• 🌐 Web UI on port 3169 — configure and control everything from your browser
• 🗺️ Live map preview — dark-themed OpenStreetMap with grid overlay
• 🇹🇷 Turkey APRS server — turkiye.aprs2.net as the primary server but you can choose any other different one.
• 🔣 Symbol picker — quick-select palette for common APRS symbols
• ⏱️ Interval slider — 1 minute to 1 hour
• 🐳 Docker-first — single docker compose up to run anywhere
• 🔄 Multi-arch — supports amd64 and arm64 (Raspberry Pi, Oracle ARM, etc.)
• 🔁 Auto-restart — container restarts automatically on failure

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Quick Start

curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/orhunavcu/aprsphere/main/docker-compose.yml
docker compose up -d

Open http://YOUR-SERVER-IP:3169 in your browser.

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Project Structure

aprsphere/
├── main.py                       # APRS packet transmitter
├── app.py                        # Flask web server & REST API
├── requirements.txt
├── Dockerfile
├── docker-compose.yml
├── templates/
│   ├── index.html                # Web UI
│   └── static/
│       ├── icon.png
│       └── logo.png
└── .github/
    └── workflows/
        └── docker.yml            # Auto build & push to GHCR

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APRS Servers

#	Address	Region
1	turkiye.aprs2.net	🇹🇷 Turkey
2	euro.aprs2.net	🇪🇺 Europe
3	noam.aprs2.net	🌎 North America
4	soam.aprs2.net	🌎 South America
5	asia.aprs2.net	🌏 Asia
6	aunz.aprs2.net	🌏 Australia / NZ

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Configuration

All settings are saved via the web UI. You can also pass environment variables directly:

Variable	Default	Description
SERVER	1	Server index (1–6)
CALLSIGN	NOCALL	Your amateur radio callsign
SSID	10	APRS SSID suffix
LAT	0.0	Latitude (decimal degrees)
LON	0.0	Longitude (decimal degrees)
SYMBOL_TABLE	/	APRS symbol table (/ or \)
SYMBOL	-	APRS symbol character
COMMENT	—	Beacon comment text (max 43 chars)
INTERVAL	900	Transmit interval in seconds (60–3600)

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APRSPHERE UI

License

MIT © Orhun AVCU — TA4VCU