Room chat

A room is an open group channel on a shared tactical callsign. Everyone on the same frequency can hear and take part, like a net or a group call. Use room chat when you want casual group traffic without delivery tracking.

Room chat is separate from APRS Messaging and Enhanced Messaging. The compose bar shows Plain for room messages.

How room chat works

• Messages go to the shared callsign everyone agreed on.
• Everyone on the frequency can receive them.
• There are no delivery confirmations and no retries.
• Keep messages short. Others may miss one.

Start or join a room

1. Tune to a frequency that is not used for APRS in your area.
2. Open Messages and start a new chat.
3. Enter the room’s tactical callsign and send a message.

Others on the frequency who use the same callsign see your traffic in the room.

Relay messages via

Room messages can go through packet relay stations (digipeaters) when stations cannot hear each other directly.

1. In the inbox, open the room’s menu.
2. Choose Via….
3. In Relay Messages Via, add relays in order, or leave the path blank to send without relays.

These relays are for plain packet paths. They are not the same as APRS digipeaters in Settings → Digipeaters.