[OZAPRS] Mobile installation question

[vk3xci at aanet.com.au]

Think you'll have to get in line ;)

Norm vk3xci



> 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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