[OZAPRS] Mobile installation question

[Zik Saleeba]

Thanks everyone for the responses. Looks like I'll save my pennies for
a D700. Does anyone around here have one for sale?

Cheers,
Zik VK3MHZ

On 1/31/07, Andrew Rich <vk4tec at tech-software.net> wrote:
> I use a D700 - do APRS and chat on UHF every morning.
>
> -----------------------------------------
> Andrew Rich
> Amateur radio callsign VK4TEC
> email: vk4tec at tech-software.net <mailto:vk4tec at tech-software.net>
> web: http://www.tech-software.net
> Brisbane AUSTRALIA
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vk3xci at aanet.com.au [mailto:vk3xci at aanet.com.au]
> Sent: Wednesday, 31 January 2007 2:41 PM
> To: VK / ZL APRS Users
> Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] Mobile installation question
>
>
>
> G'day,
> nice callsign, beats me someone else hadn't snaffled it.
>
> I haven't really found an effective way, other than borrowing Ron VK3ECV
> 's Kenwood D 700, which doesn't entirely fill the bill,
>
>
> Anyone?
>
> Norm VK3XCI
>
>
> > Hi, I'm pretty new to amateur radio and am looking to get my car set
> > up for APRS. I'm unclear on what the best approach is though. Ideally
> > I'd like to join in the daily commute chat while my APRS system is
> > also doing its thing. Presumably I'll need two radios for that, one
> > for APRS and one for voice. Will I have problems with front end
> > overload or intermodulation distortion if I'm running two transceivers
> > at once? What do other people do to avoid these issues?
> >
> > Is it best to avoid chatting on the 2m band entirely if my APRS
> > transceiver is occasionally sending on it? Or can I use some kind of
> > duplexer to avoid these issues?
> >
> > My second question - is it possible to set both transceivers up to
> > operate on the same antenna? I'd like to keep the number of antennas
> > down if I can.
> >
> > Am I completely off the track here? What is everyone else out there
doing?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Zik Saleeba
> > VK3MHZ
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