[OZAPRS] Oziexplorer 50K maps and XASTIR, Dion in Tassie

Mike Townsend tasit2 at unwired.com.au
Tue Nov 14 22:19:30 EST 2006


So what happened with your Digi Ron, is it still running?

Mike, VK2INT


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rodney Mitchell" <rodney at melecom.com.au>
To: "VK / ZL APRS Users" <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 2:55 PM
Subject: [OZAPRS] Oziexplorer 50K maps and XASTIR, Dion in Tassie


> Hi Gang!
>
> I was hoping that someone has played with using the *.ecw files within
> Oziexplorer in Xastir. Those 50K tropo maps are unreal and ... very
> accurate.
>
> Here's hoping,
>
> Not getting any/much (?) email from the XASTIR list, maybe I've become
> unsubsribed?!
>
>
> I sympathise with Dion in Tassie, TT's beaconing on a turn rocks! I've
> conformed and only beacon once every 2 minutes when mobile, but the
> track is jagged and not much fun to look at!
>
> After finding plenty of dead spots near the south west coast of Adelaide
> between Brighton / Seacliffe and across to Bedford Park (5 watts is
> hopeless), the local lads, who have been there first setting up DIGIs
> and now have seemingly an attitude of monopoly, were not impressed when
> I set up a local DIGI for that south western area, maybe a beam?
>
> It's understandable that Aust is preparing for a single freq and greater
> traffic as time goes by, but Geez, another form/source of control does,
> to me, fly in the face of the spirit of AR...  :)
>
> Just an opinion, no harm or flaming intended,
>
> 73 de Rod.
>
> VK5KFB
>
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