[OZAPRS] VK2 APRS 'New n-N Paradigm'

[Ray Wells]

Hello Mike,

Is there APRS activity in Newcastle, apart from the weather stations?

Do you know if Great Lakes RC could be interested in an APRS digi on 
Cabbage Tree? That would fill a BIG piece of the highway.

Ray vk2tv

Mike Townsend wrote:

>Two I-gates Damien one at Campbelltown and another at Newcastle. Both of 
>these can hear VK2RAG direct. If not direct the traffic will make its way
to 
>Campbelltown via VK2JPJ-1 in Sydneys CBD. Could you message your call and

>I'll check myself.
>
>Mike, VK2INT.
>
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>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Damien Gardner Jnr" <rendrag at rendrag.net>
>To: "VK / ZL APRS Users" <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
>Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 10:56 PM
>Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] VK2 APRS 'New n-N Paradigm'
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au [mailto:ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au] On
>>Behalf Of Ray Wells
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>>>Don't expect too much in the way of APRS north of the Central Coast.
>>>I may stand corrected but I think VK2RAG at Somersby is the
>>>northern-most APRS digi at this time.
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>>>
>>Speaking of the Central coast, I just spent the last week in Charmhaven
>>(~15km from wyong?).  Seems half my probs with APRS in the ute have been
>>something going on with that damned fold-back-able antenna, as the D7
>>wasn't hearing a single APRS packet, until I shoved it on UHF, and put
>>the FT8100 into cross-band repeat mode..  All of a sudden I had lots of
>>APRS :)  BUT, not a single packet of mine ended up on the 'net  - is
>>there no igate up there?  I was hearing my packets back fine (which was
>>a bit of a tricky thing, with the 8100 realtime repeating VHF to UHF, a
>>lot of packets had their starts chopped off before the 8100 keyed the tx
>>up fully..), but they never appeared on findu, even after leaving it
>>running all night last night..
>>
>>
>>Even with the 8100 running its full 50W into the 4.5dB antenna, there
>>was basically no APRS activity whatsoever from about 60km south of
>>Sydney, until I came through Wodonga, then I had pretty much full cover
>>till the usual blackspot through Seymour, which went until I hit the
>>Melbourne network..  (Although findu isn't showing that yet, I'm
>>guessing it's got a delay?)
>>
>>Cheers,
>>
>>Damien
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