[OZAPRS] Fw: New Digi for Mt Gambier

[Ben Lindner]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "The Bread Bin (Ben Lindner)" <breadbin at westnet.com.au>
To: "VK / ZL APRS Users" <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 3:36 AM
Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] New Digi for Mt Gambier


I am the owner VK5JFK-1 in Mt Gambier and Craig you are correct in your
>explaination. Adelaide to Mt G is very poor due the Adelaide Hills
blocking
 paths to Mt G. Also I started back when the national frequency was pie in
the sky and being only 32 Km from the Vic border I joined the VK3 network
which I have an extremely good path path to. When VK3 changes I will
change
 and this has all ready been taken into account with the new digi. Hope
this
 explains

 Ben Lindner
VK5JFK

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Peter vk3tbn" <vk3tbn at yahoo.com>
> To: "VK / ZL APRS Users" <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 10:53 PM
> Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] New Digi for Mt Gambier
>
>
>> Craig,
>>
>>  Good question, and your quite correct. VK3 is on an a different 
>> frequency than the other states. This came about, as I understand it by

>> VK3 using an old Packet Digi service before a national freq was agreed.

>> Soon VK3 will cahnge to the new Freq, Richard VK3JFK will have to
change 
>> the freqs of all the digis in VK3.
>>
>>  Why would the VK5 Digi use the VK3 Freq? My guess is that as there is
no 
>> APRS Digi backbone to Mt Gambier from Adelaide, it is easier for then
to 
>> turn their antenna east and link into VK3, which has a better coverage
in 
>> that area and extends all the Area traffic to Mt Gambier, including
some 
>> of the Melbourne TFC.
>>
>>  Regards
>>
>>  Pete
>>  VK3TBN
>>
>>
>> Craig Turner <craig at craigturner.id.au> wrote:
>>  Hi,
>>
>> Pardon my ignorance, I'm a newcomer to APRS, but how come this is on
>> 144.900, rather than 145.175. I'd understood that 145.175 was the
>> national 'standard' for APRS.
>>
>> Regards
>> Craig
>>
>> Richard Hoskin (VK3JFK) wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>The digi operates on 144.900Mhz and has an effective coverage of radius

>>>of
>>>approximately 50Km for mobiles.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>VK5JFK-1 is linked to the RF network via VK3RPG-1.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>A path of RELAY,WIDE is all you need to get into the local IGate 
>>>(VK3JTM-5)
>>>from MT Gambier.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Happy trackin.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Cheers,
>>>
>>>Richard
>>>
>>>VK3JFK
>>>
>>>
>>>
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