[OZAPRS] VK3 APRS News.....

[Richard Hoskin]

Gday,

 

Here is the latest update from VK3 APRS News.

 

VK3RON-1

The Ouyen Digipeater VK3RON-1 has been reported as being off air.

This will be investigated when time permits. In the mean time if anyone is
traveling in the local Ouyen area please keep an ear out for the digi. Any
reports would be helpful.

 

Mildura area running new VK Path Standard.

The Mildura Digi VK2RBX-1 is running the new-paradigm APRS path standard.
The new path standard will be installed at VK3RON-1 in the near future.

 

All mobiles in the Mildura area will need to change their path of
WIDE1-1,WIDE2-2

All home stations will need to change their path to VK2RBX-1,WIDE1-1

 

Relay,Wide is no longer supported in the Greater Mildura area.

 

VK3 Frequency Change Project.

A reminder that between the 27th to 29th of December all APRS Stations in
the greater Melbourne and Geelong areas will need to change frequency to
145.175Mhz.

 

Digipeaters VK3RMD-1 & VK3CV-1, IGates VK3SB-1 & VK3DXD-1, & HF Gate
VK3MY-4
will be changing frequency over these three days. 

 

All APRS stations that operate South of the Great Dividing Range (below
Latitude 37.24.00S ) and East of Ballan (Lat 37.35.60S /Lon 144.14.14E),
and
use these services will be required to change frequency during the dates
mentioned.

 

A temporary TX IGate will be installed to service all areas remaining on
144.900Mhz.

 

Stage Three of the project, the conversion of Western Victoria & South
Eastern South Australia to the National APRS frequency will occur in the
new
year.

 

This project was made possible by the generous donations received from the
APRS community and Amateur Radio Victoria. Thank you to all of you who for
your support. 

 

 

Seasons Greetings

On behalf of all the APRS operators I wish to thank the volunteers that
have
helped develop and maintain the VK3 APRS network over the past year. It
has
been fun and sometimes challenging. This year we installed a new VHF digi,
established a UHF APRS network in greater Melbourne, upgraded SiteAlert at
a
number of sites and completed the first stage of Frequency Change Project.
A
lot of ongoing work was also put into developing some National APRS
Standards and establishing a greater awareness of the impact the Frequency
Change Project will have on all the South Eastern States.

 

To all I wish a Merry Christmas and Happy and Safe New Year

 

Cheers

Richard

VK3JFK

 

 

 

 

 

 

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