The DAPNET (Decentralized Amateur Paging Network) is a network operated by amateur radio enthusiasts. It is the new and further developed version of the FunkrufMaster. It consists of a decentral server cluster feeding paging data to distributed transmitters. The most used frequency is 439.9875 MHz and the protocol is POCSAG. Common paging receivers are of the type Skyper or AlphaPoc, but there are others as well. As it is used on amateur radio frequencies, commercial use is forbidden.
I operate three DAPNet transmitters in local spots; one at my residence running 45 watts into a JPole antenna about 20 feet off the ground (definately needs to be higher); one in my vehicle running 0.1 watts as part of a DMR hotspot; and one at work running 0.1 watts as part of a DMR hotspot. All of the transmitters are in the following transmitter groups:
| GROUP | DESCRIPTION |
| ALL | All |
| US-ALL | United States |
| US-PA | Pennsylvania |
| US-PA-ACS | Pennsylvania Auxillary Communication Service |
| US-PA-ACSE | Pennsylvania Auxillary Communication Service – Eastern Area |
| US-PA-ACSC | Pennsylvania Auxillary Communication Service – Central Area |
| US-PA-ASCW | Pennsylvania Auxillary Communication Service – Western Area |
| us-pa-pac001 | Adams County, PA, Weather Alerts |
| us-pa-pac041 | Cumberland County, PA, Weather Alerts |
| us-pa-pac043 | Dauphin County, PA, Weather Alerts |
| us-pa-pac055 | Franklin County, PA, Weather Alerts |
| us-pa-pac071 | Lancaster County, PA, Weather Alerts |
| us-pa-pac075 | Lebanon County, PA, Weather Alerts |
| us-pa-pac099 | Perry County, PA, Weather Alerts |
| us-pa-pac133 | York County, PA, Weather Alerts |
The goal is to place a 45 watt transmitter on Blue Mountain to cover parts of the eight counties in southcentral Pennsylvania, find the dead spots, and then add or encourage others to set up transmitters. I also want to look up at setting up a hub so that if the Internet goes down, pages can still be sent.