[OZAPRS] VK HF Gates

[Mike Zwingl oe3mzc]

considering the large country/continent VK, I would suggest using
14.103LSB 
during daytime and switching to 40m during night.

Coverage is totally dependend on propagation, but 500km does not seem a
lot 
for OZ?

vy 73 de Mike
VK3FPF/6

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Hoskin" <vk3jfk at amsat.org>
To: <vk2xci at aanet.com.au>; "'VK / ZL APRS Users'" <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] VK HF Gates


>
> 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
>> >
>> >
>> > ---
>> >        Gavin Rogers                     |  Amateur radio station
VK6HGR
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>> --
>> Norm, VK2XCI,
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>>
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>>
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