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

Geoff geoff at gatwards.org
Mon Oct 15 17:04:31 EST 2007


I've approached a few people in the Newcastle area about possible
digipeaters....    Hopefully the response will be as positive as the
Central
West region was :-)

I'll update the status soon, but we could have up to SIX new digipeaters
covering from Dubbo through to Wagga coming up soon.....   

Geoff
VK2XJG


-----Original Message-----
From: ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au [mailto:ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au] On
Behalf Of Mike Townsend
Sent: Monday, 15 October 2007 4:56 PM
To: VK / ZL APRS Users
Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] VK2 APRS 'New n-N Paradigm'

Hello Ray,
VK2ZEN has his beacon showing Mayfield West as the QTH. I believe he has
an 
I-Gate running most of the time as when mine is offline the Sydney traffic

appears to be then gated through him. I have also seen a couple of mobiles

that look local to the Newcastle area from time to time. Just don't ask me

for callsigns and I also can't help with any info regarding the Great
Lakes 
RC.
Mike.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ray Wells" <vk2tv at exemail.com.au>
To: "VK / ZL APRS Users" <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 6:37 AM
Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] VK2 APRS 'New n-N Paradigm'


> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>----- 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'
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au [mailto:ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au] On
>>>Behalf Of Ray Wells
>>>
>>>
>>>>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.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>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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