Appendix B – APRS symbol tables
APRS
symbols
are
identified
by
a
single
character,
and
may
be
chosen
from
either
the
primary
or
alternate
table.
Additionally,
some
of
the
symbols
from
the
alternate
table
may
be
overlaid
with
an
alphanumeric
character
by
substituting
the
character
to
be
overlaid
(0
‐
9,
a
‐
z,
or
A
‐
Z)
in
place
of
the
‘\’
table
designator.
Symbol
Primary
Table
(/)
Alternate
Table
(\)
!
Police
Station
Emergency
ʺ
<Reserved>
<Reserved>
#
Digipeater
Digipeater
w/
overlay
$
Phone
Bank
or
ATM
%
DX
Cluster
<Reserved>
&
HF
Gateway
Diamond
w/
overlay
ʹ
Small
Aircraft
Crash
site
(
Mobile
Sat
Station
Cloudy
)
Wheel
Chair
MODIS
Earth
Observation
*
Snowmobile
Snow
+
Red
Cross
Church
,
Boy
Scouts
Girl
Scouts
‐
House
(VHF)
House
(HF)
.
X
Question
Mark
/
Red
Dot
Destination
(Red
Dot)
0
Circle
<Obsolete>
Circle
w/
overlay
9
<Obsolete>
Gas/Petrol
Station
:
Fire
Hail
;
Campground
Park
or
Picnic
Area
<
Motorcycle
Advisory
=
Railroad
Engine
<Reserved>
>
Car
Car
w/
overlay
?
File
server
Info
Kiosk
@
Hurricane
Prediction
Hurricane
/
Tropical
Storm
A
Aid
Station
Box
w/
overlay
B
BBS
Blowing
snow
C
Canoe
Coast
Guard
D
<Reserved>
Drizzle
E
Eyeball
Smoke
F
Farm
Vehicle
(tractor)
Freezing
Rain
G
Grid
Square
Snow
Shower
H
Hotel
Haze
I
TCP/IP
Rain
Shower
J
<Reserved>
Lightning
K
School
Kenwood
L
Logged
‐
On
User
Lighthouse
M
MacAPRS
<Reserved>
N
NTS
Station
Navigation
Buoy
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