[OZAPRS] My first Posit via PCSAT for a long time

[John Simon]

Congrats Ian.  I see you everyday on VHF APRS, trundling up and down the
coast past my QTH.


        73, John de VK2XGJ
           The cannibal adored children.
         He loved the platter of tiny feet.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Mills" <imills at awa.com.au>
To: <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 12:26 PM
Subject: [OZAPRS] My first Posit via PCSAT for a long time


> Well, I was pleasantly surprised this afternoon as I managed quite
easily
> to have my position received via PCSAT.
> I drive two hours to and from work and I have been monitoring PCSAT as
> well as TXing via the regular APRS frequency.
> At around 6:30pm ESST I faintly heard PCSAT so I fired off my position
via
> a THD-7 into a 30w amp attached to a
> 1/4 wave rod antenna on my car. I didn't get acknowledgement back on my
T7
> that the packets were received but the
> following from findu confirms I got through:
>
> VK2HIM-7>S4T3W2,PCSAT-1*,WIDE2-2,qAo,VK3JTM-5:`NM_!6
>/>"3w}
> VK2HIM-7>S4T4V8,PCSAT-1,VK7HSE-1,VK7RAD,WIDE2*,qAo,VK7HDM-12:`NM

> @5>/>"4.}On UHF repeater
>
VK2HIM-7>S4T4X1,PCSAT-1,VK7HSE-1,VK7RAD,WIDE2*,qAo,VK7HDM-12:`NMKnf~>/>"4:
}
>
> The last time I tried was over a year ago and I didn't have any trouble
> then either, and this was using the 5W THd7 without a 30w amp!!
>
> Cheers
> Ian
> vk2him
> AWA Limited
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