[OZAPRS] Possible change of APRS Frequency for Victoria

[John Bird]

Hi Richard
What would be a normal or reasonable donation.
And how would I send it ( cheque,money order etc ???) and to whom
John.....VK3BCQ

At 03:12 PM 23/05/05, you wrote:

>Hi,
>
>The Victorian APRS group has had some new discussions on the possibility
>of changing southern VK3’s APRS frequency to the national APRS
frequency,.
>Every one in the group has positive views on the change to the National
>frequency, but as it will affect all of South Eastern Australia we would
>like your input to the proposal.
>
>Some background


>144.900Mhz was selected as the APRS channel Before the WIA allocated the
>national channel (145.175Mhz) as there was some existing infrastructure
on
>the channel that we could use.
>
>The frequency change advantages are;
>1)       When an operator is mobile between areas he does not have to
>remember and figure out when to change channels,
>2)       A better shearing of infrastructure between areas.
>3)       Possible effective increase of RF coverage for overlapping
systems.
>4)       Access to the nearest IGate may be reduced by a few hops.
>
>The main disadvantages of being on a different channel are;
>1)       An increase in interference from other states (VK2, VK7, VK5)
for
>our RF network when VHF DX conditions are good. (This effectively reduces

>the coverage area of a digipeater and the network).
>2)       An increase in interference for other states (VK2, VK7, VK5)
from
>our RF network when VHF DX conditions are good.
>3)       The possibility operators may use ridicules paths such
>as  RELAY,WIDE3-3 or higher which would damage the RF network
reliability.
>( We only need RELAY,WIDE in VK3)
>4)       Work involved in providing education to all operators on the
>changes and if required build blocking digipeaters if operators used poor

>pathing. (This would be required from VK2, VK3, VK5 and VK7).
>
>The requirements to enable the change of frequency are:
>1)       We can rase the money to pay for hardware (xtals etc) through
>donations.
>2)       All the digipeaters can be licensed for 145.175Mhz.
>3)       There are no major objections in response to this email that can

>not be overcome.
>4)       There are enough people to assist in the work to change the
>equipment at each site.
>
>If you have any ideas suggestions or objections for this proposal we’d
>like to here from you.
>If you would like to provide a donation to assist in the frequency change

>please email me.
>
>Cheers,
>Richard
>VK3JFK
>
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