Did you know you can send/receive messages from APRS to the SMS network? Super easy.

Just compose a message to:

SMSGTE

Start the message with @(the destination phone number) (space) (short message). Example, if I want to send the message “test” to phone # 123-456-7890, then the message will be:

@1234567890 test

SMS users can reply, as long as you are still within range of the digi that heard your beacon.