N2JNT-2 iGate Digipeater Brunswick, NY Station Information

I am a licensed Amateur Radio Operator (HAM) with the callsign N2JNT and I  have been licensed for more years than I care to remember.  

During my long career as a ham, I  have been active in just about every phase of amateur radio:

HF, VHF, UHF, RTTY, PACKET, SATELLITE, CW, DIGITAL MODES, AMTOR, AND BEACONS.

Over the last several years I have been only sporadically active on 2 meters.  On January 1, 2017, I decided to dust off my old Pac Comm Tiny 2 TNC and activated an Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS) to contribute to the ham community.

For those who do not know what APRS is I have copied the description from WIKIPEDIA:

"Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS) is an amateur radio-based system for real time digital communications of information of immediate value in the local area.^[1] Data can include object Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates, weather station telemetry, text messages, announcements, queries, and other telemetry. APRS data can be displayed on a map, which can show stations, objects, tracks of moving objects, weather stations, search and rescue data, and direction finding data.
APRS data are typically transmitted on a single shared frequency (depending on country) to be repeated locally by area relay stations (digipeaters) for widespread local consumption. In addition, all such data are typically ingested into the APRS Internet System (APRS-IS) via an Internet-connected receiver (IGate) and distributed globally for ubiquitous and immediate access.^[2] Data shared via radio or Internet are collected by all users and can be combined with external map data to build a shared live view.
APRS has been developed since the late 1980s by Bob Bruninga, call sign WB4APR, currently a senior research engineer at the United States Naval Academy. He still maintains the main APRS Web site. The initialism "APRS" was derived from his call sign."

The station equipment, shown above, consists of a Baufeng UV5R dualband HT, the Pac Comm Tiny 2, RM Italy LA 144 65 Watt Linear Amplifier all feeding into a UFH/VHF dual band antenna up 40 feet.