[OZAPRS] APRS in-car setup

[Horst Leykam]

Hi,

My installation is this:

HF FT857 and Tinytrack into data port, antenna is a mobile whip with SG230
Tuner mounted on bullbar.
VHF, the same Tinytrack, into an old Kenwood Handheld, running about 3
Watts
and a small 1/4 antenna at the back of the vehicle.
I installed a small toggle switch into the Tinytrack case to either select
primary or secondary configurations and these are set up for VHF and HF
tones respectively. I also use another small switch to select the output
from the Tinytrack to go either to the 857 or the Kenwood HT.
The HT is always on, so, I can always track the vehicle if the Mrs is
about
in it, hi.......
When we go outback travelling, the HF is the go.
I use a small mouse type GPS to provide pos data. It just sits on the
dashboard and again, it is on all the time. So, total cost (without the HF
Gear) is about $60.00 for Tinytrack, $100.00 for Mouse GPS, $70.00 for old
Handheld. So, that's $230.00 and I still have full use of my other VHF
radio
in the car. The antennas are at opposite corners and since the APRS VHF
only
runs a few watts, there is no issue with intermod etc.

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   1. Re: Mobile installation question (Zik Saleeba)


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Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 09:01:03 +1100
From: "Zik Saleeba" <zik at zikzak.net>
Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] Mobile installation question
To: "VK / ZL APRS Users" <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
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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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