[OZAPRS] HF Update.

[Brian Beamish]

Hi 
 
Whilst I personally could not agree more with Noel's comments (see below)
I do believe it is the way to go but being what we are Radio Amateurs we
are experimenters and I am all for doing so  whilst I do feel that we will
all possibly end up staying on 30m we are certainly lacking HF gateways in
the west and centre of our continent.
 
Whilst VK6 should be easier, although does not appear to be so, to get a
volunteer I imagine the operators in Alice Springs or even Mt Isa would be
some what limited, both the west and centre do each need a HF Igate when
this happens together with our ZL friends we should have both ZL and VK
really covered. 
 
Regards
Brian VK4BBS
 
 
IMHO, and I have said this before, and will say it again : We should stick
to 30m for HF APRS mobile stations, and take care of the propagation
variations by the geographic siting of receiving stations with i-gate
access.  I know that this is a variance with the good old ham method
(firmly fixed into HF users brains) of going on air and selecting a band
to suit the time of day and the area wanted to be worked.  But with an
i-gate network, we don't need to care where the propagation is to, as long
as it is to somewhere, and that at "somewhere" there is an APRS i-gate.
Your local i-gate station for example, if it so chooses, can retransmit
out on VHF your HF beacon that has been heard anywhere in the world - by a
station that forwarded that beacon into an APRS i-gate. It makes no
difference if your HF signal was picked up in the next State, or in
another Continent.
 
Noel, ZL3GR
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