[OZAPRS] VK HF Gates

[Richard Hoskin]

Yes there is a 40mtr allocation at 7036Khz LSB.

This frequency was tested for a time. It provided great night time
coverage
and good 'close in' daytime coverage but limited day time coverage for
distant Mobiles. (Most people travel during the day.)

I think there is still a ZL Gate running on 40mtrs as it's a great band
for
a small country, 30mtrs is more suited to VK. However that should not stop
anyone from organising and running an APRS 40mtr network as I'm sure it
would get a lot of use. Especially with the new VK licence classes.

>From memory I think the 30mtr band gave us an approximate range of 500Km
to
1500Km during the day and 40mtrs provided a range of approximately 500Km
or
700Km per day depending on conditions. Some one with more HF experience
may
be able to give better figures.

If you have a 40mtr Gate in each capital city, one in Alice Springs, the
North West and the North East you would have most of Australia covered.

Cheers
Richard
VK3JFK


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au [mailto:ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au] On
> Behalf Of Norm, VK2XCI
> Sent: Wednesday, 12 July 2006 7:42 PM
> To: VK / ZL APRS Users
> Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] VK HF Gates
> 
> It does seem a little silly to me too. Is there a 40m allocation?
> 
> Gavin Rogers wrote:
> > At 05:21 PM 12/07/2006, you wrote:
> >
> >> Pity there are no VK6 or VK8 stations in the list.
> >
> > I might be interested if APRS was used in a part of the HF band I'm
> > allowed to use... :-(
> >
> >
> >
> > 73
> > Gavin
> >
> >
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> Norm, VK2XCI,
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> QF15bt
> 
> Victoria, Australia.
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