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ការបម្រុងទុកទំនាក់ទងសំរាប់គម្រោះធរមជាតិគកើតគ ើង គោយ

ភ្ន

ងារវ

ទយអា

៉ា

រររ

បញ្

លរានៃការគម្បើម្ាស់ឧបករណ៍ APRS

ការតារោៃទីតាំង

Communication Back-up for Natural Disaster by Emergency Amateur

Radio Operator and Implemented using APRS as Location Tracker

Sok Oeun UNa*

, Kimtho POa

, Kosorl THOURNb,1

, Rathna PEC

b,2

, Seven SIRENc,1

,

Channareth SRUNc,2

a* Faculty of Mechatronic and Technology Information, Institute of Technology of Cambodia

a

Institute of Technology of Cambodia

b Department of Telecommunication and Network Engineering, Institute of Technology of Cambodia

c Faculty of Electronic, National Polytechnic Institute of Cambodia

a*

us.oeun@gmail.com

គសចកតីសគងេប៖ គ្រោះធម្មជាតិគឺតតងតតគ ើតមានគ ើងជាគ ៀងរាល់ឆ្នគាំៅគលើពិភពគោ ។ ្រគេសម្យចាំនួនដូច ួ ជា ជរ ៉ុន, ឥណ្ឌ

គនស៉ុ៊ី

និងហ្វ៊ីល៊ីព៊ីន ជាគ យៗ ើ ្តូវបានេេួល ងនូវគ្រោះធម្មជាតិតដលម្និ បានគិតេ៉ុ ម្៉ុនគោយសា កា ផ្លាស់រត

អាកាសធាត៉ុ។ គ្រោះធម្មជាតិបាន

រាំផ្ាិចរាំផ្លាញគហ្ោា ចនាសម្ព័នធនន្រព័នធេាំនា េ់ ាំនងគៅគលើដ៊ីដូចជា្រព័នធេូ ស័ពទ ្រព័នធអ៉ុ៊ីនធឺតណ្តជាគដើម្។ ន៉ុងកា ្សាវ្ជាវគនោះ កា

រ្ម្ុងេ៉ុ េាំនា េ់ ាំនងគឺ្តូវបានគលើ គ ើងសាំរារ្់ រតិរតត អាមា េ ័គៅគលើដ៊ី ន៉ុងអាំ ៉ុងគពលតដល គ្រោះធម្មជាតិតដលម្និ បានគិតេ៉ុ ជា

ម្៉ុន ជាម្ួយនិងកា គ្រើ្បាស់ Callsign និងវេិយទា៉ុ ់េងអាមា េ័ សាម្ញ្ញៗ។ APRS គឺជាឧរ ណ្៍សាំខាន្់ តូវបានគ្រើ្បាស់សាំរារ់ជា

្រពន័ ធតាម្ោនេ៊ីតាងាំ គោយដាំគណ្ើ កា ម្និ ចបាាំ ចភ្ជា រ់ ់ ្រពន័ ធអ៉ុ៊ីនធឺតណ្ត ឬ្រព័នធគសវ េូ ស័ពទនដគ ើយ។ ្រព័នធគនោះ្តូវបាន ចនាគ ើង

តច គចញជាព៊ី តផ្ន គឺ្រពន័ ធេេលួ ខ៉ុស្តូវគ្រោះធម្មជាតិ(DRS) និងសាាន៊ីយ៍្គរ់្គង់គ្រោះធម្មជាតិ(DSSC)។ DRS គឺ្តូវបាន ចនា

គ ើងសាំរារអា់ មា េ ័ចល័ត គដើម្បដ៊ី

ាំគណ្ើ កា រាល់ បាយកា ណ្៍េិនននយ័ និងពតមា៌ នគៅកាន់ DSSC ។ GPS គៅ ន៉ុង DRS គឺេេួល

េិនននយ័ េ៊ីតាងាំ ព៊ីGPS ផ្លា យ ណ្រ តដលដាំគណ្ើ កា តាម្ យៈ្ច I/O រស់ APRS គហ្ើយវអាចគដើ តួជាជា្រព័នធតាម្ោនេ៊ីតាងបាន ាំ ។

Abstract-A natural disaster is happening every year in the world. Countries like Japan, Indonesia, and the

Philippines are often effected by unexpected climate change. Unexpected natural disasters destroy the

landline, internet connection, and mobile communication systems infrastructure surrounding the disaster

areas. In this research, the communication backup is proposed for Amateur grounding operators during

unexpected natural disasters with simple Amateur Radio devices and Amateur callsign. APRS is the main

device is using for tracking systems without an internet or mobile network connection. This system is

designed in two parts, Disaster Response System (DRS), and Disaster Station System Control (DSSC).

The DRS site is designed for the Amateur mobile ground station to access all report data and message

information to DSSC. The GPS in DRS gets data location from the GPS Satellites' access to APRS via

I/O ports, it can act as an APRS Tracker.

Keywords: APRS; Disaster; Amateur Operator; GPS; Tracker; Emergency

* អន និពនធេេលួ រនទ

៉ុ (Corresponding Author)

a,* គរ ខជនរណ្ិឌត វេិាសាានរគចេ វេិា ម្ព

៉ុជា

a Director, វេិាសាានរគចេ វេិា ម្ព

៉ុជា

bសាស្ត្សាត ច យ តផ្ ន វសិ វ ម្េម ូ គម្នាគម្ន៍និងគណ្តគវ ើ ននវេិាសាានរគច េ វេិា ម្ព

៉ុជា

c សាស្ត្សាត ច យ ននម្ហាវេិាល័យគអ ិច្តូនិ ននវេិាសាានជាតិពហ្៉ុរគចេ គេស ម្ព

៉ុជា

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I. INTRODUCTION

Cambodia has suffered from floods and storms

[1] and other natural disasters. Recently year by

year floods can happen during heavy rains in

Cambodia and the floods mostly rise around the

lower Mekong River, Sap River (Tonlé Sap), and

the lower landscape areas. In an early October

2020 report from the National Committee for

Disaster Management (NCDM) [2] floods affect

over 240,000 people in 71 districts of 19 of the

country’s 25 provinces and autonomous regions.

At least 20 people have lost their lives.

The Early Warning System 1294 (EWS1294)

[3] installed 34 sites warms people in advance of

natural hazards occurring in Cambodia. When an

event such as flooding is detected or predicted, a

voice recording is sent to the mobile phones of

registered users in the areas at risk. EWS1294 has

127,964 registered users, 26 active sensors, and

2,572,211 Alerts sent [3]. EWS1294 works with 5

steps, 1-User Sign up (User dials free call 1294

and follows the prompts for registration), 2-Smart

Sensors, 3-Data Disseminated, 4-Warnings Sent,

and 5-Action Taken. Step 2 and 3, the smart

sensors send the acquired data across the internet

via the Cambodian cellular mobile phone network

as designed in this system. Step 4 and 5,

EWS1294 sends warning messages via the

interactive Voice Response (IVR) Platform and

the Action Taken step for user registration receive

calls via their mobile phones as same as mobile

services. EWS1294 works frequently with

smartphone devices and internet access to receive

warning information from the Provincial Centers

for Disaster Management (PCDM) to people via

their mobile phones and take appropriate action to

protect themselves.

During floods, landline telecommunication,

mobile phone repeater even internet access can

interrupt heavy flooding areas [4] or due to power

outages and damaged cell sites [5]. This problem

will happen during landline telecommunication

and mobile phone repeater infrastructures fully

destroy and disconnect. The cellular connection

system and internet access failed to occur to

EWS1294 deactivating warning messages and

voice not able to reach people via their cellular

phone. When the mobile phone system deactivates

a higher percentage of people cannot receive the

alert warning messages from the PCDM and

cannot call and report harmful floods with the

serious situation back to the PCDM or any

responsible stations to save their livelihoods. In

these situations, the people really need to recover

and activate their suitable connection to contact

the government for help or other responsible

operator stations to inform them that they were

alive and needed help.

II. RELATED WORK

A. Automatic Packet Reporting Systtem (APRS)

Recently, a lot of HAMs focuses on modern

system techniques to add to their operation for

more easily use Automatic Packet Reporting

System (APRS). APRS as shown in Fig. 1, which

was designed by Bob Bruniga (callsign:

WB4APR), is a packet communication protocol

for exchanging real-time tactical information to

everyone in a shared RF environment [6] and

APRS also use for tracking systems [7]. In this

research, backup communication for a natural

disaster by emergency amateur radio operators

proposes to build the Amateur grounding system

(ground-space-ground) with an APRS Amateur

transceiver, and Amateur Satellites. In this APRS

application as the Automatic Package Report,

share location to other environment RF devices,

and weather stations.

Fig. 1 APRS

In this work, the objectives are implementing

the APRS system with traditional Amateur

Operator use. The APRS is the most important

role to become the iGat when connecting to the

network/ Internet via the RJ45 port, it becomes a

Digipeater when disconnect from the network but

connects to radio devices, and it becomes a BT

TNC when connect to an iOS/Android app

(APRSDroid or others) [8] via Bluetooth, it

becomes the GPS when connecting to a TTL/RS- 232 (jumper selectable)-it can act as an APRS

Tracker, and it can read sensors and becomes a

weather station (WX) without the need of a

computer. This system is a proposed backup

system via the Amateur operator with APRS. The

APRS becomes the Digipeater that is accessed

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from APRS grounding to the APRS-Satellite

digipeater and any Amateur Satellite (AMSAT)

[9] builds with a digipeater in the space orbit.

B. Amateur Satellites and Tracking System

Software

This system is worked friendly with Amateur

Radio between grounding to grounding and

grounding to space. In this case, the system

combined two ways of communication, the

Amateur grounding station operator communicates

with other Amateur grounding stations, and from

Amateur grounding station link to the AMSAT.

The full system is worked from grounding with

low power consumption, a simple homemade Yagi

Dual Band with 3-element and 6-element Yagi- Uda antenna with frequency rang 29.4815

MHz/145.900 MHz for uplink and 435.350

MHz/435.690 MHz for downlink suitable used for

any type of AMSAT or PSAT2 APRS CubeSat

[10] downlinks frequency 435.350 MHz PSK31

and SSTV - 145.825 MHz for telemetry, APRS

and DTMF/voice, uplink frequency 29.4815 MHz

SSB PSK31, SSTV - 145.825 MHz for APRS and

DTMF Grids/msgs. Transceiver 7 watts Dual

Band VHF/UHF transceiver (mobile station),

YEASU FT-897 all-mode transceiver (fixing

station), and modern MCU-Raspberry pi to access

the telemetry type to APRS. Ham could report

their automatically location via the GPS tag with

APRS to any response stations when the system

could not communicate between ground-to-ground

or ground-to-space satellites. Sharing location

could see in the smartphone that is connected to

the APRS device via Bluetooth network and

APRS iGate from the server application

APRSDroid or accessed through the website

aprs.fi [11].

This is enough to make sure where satellite fly

over this system and ready in the satellite footprint

coverage area. The main satellite tracking system

is used Orbitron [12], software for satellite

tracking system. This software was not much

friendly use if compared to Gpredict [13] as shown

in Fig. 2, Satellite Tracking System-GUI

determined satellite’s information, footprint,

speed, angle, and real time fly over the back-up

communication system grounding.

Fig. 2. Gpredict satellite tracking system-gui

grounding set in Cambodia

C. Amateur Radio Operator

Amateur Operator mostly call Ham, a group

who is response in disaster activities. Recently,

Cambodia don’t have more locally Amateur

operator for any disaster help. To become a Ham,

they need to hold the FCC license [14] to clarify

about their experiences and about Radio systems

knowledge. For getting these licenses, the

candidates must pass the examination, technical

level, General level, and Extra level. To verify in

the exam at least three examiners who has a

general and extra license holder. In the testing

XU7AKM is used for local callsign in Cambodia

and KE0SOY is used for international callsign.

III.METHODOLOGY

A. Mobile and Response station design

In this research the back-up communication is

proposed for Amateur grounding operator during

unexpected natural disaster. APRS is the main

devices which are used for back-up

communication system. This system was designed

in two parts, Disaster Response System (DRS),

and Disaster Station System Control (DSSC) as

illustrated in Fig. 3. The DRS site is designed for

Amateur mobile ground station to access all report

data and message information to DSSC. The GPS

in DRS was for getting data location from the GPS

Satellites connected to APRS via I/O ports, it can

act an APRS Tracker. DSSC responses the

message and data information from DRS accessed

to the server and shared those data information to

devices that are connected to the internet access.

The mean, APRS became an iGate when

connected to the network/Internet via the RJ45

port that is allowed the smart devices could

connected and get all data information from DRS