Tucson Amateur Packet Radio

It now identifies itself simply by the acronym TAPR rather than the spelled-out name.

[1] Today, TAPR no longer focuses on packet radio, but continues as a research and development oriented group offering kits, assembled products, and publications related to the intersection of amateur radio and digital technology.

Current products and development activity relate to software-defined radio, GPS, APRS and time and frequency measurement.

TAPR is a supporter of the HPSDR (High Performance Software-Defined Radio) project which has developed a modular and extensible hardware platform for amateur and experimenter oriented software-defined radio.

Together with the ARRL, TAPR sponsors an annual Digital Communications Conference.