[OZAPRS] New Kantronic KP3 and GPS arrived

Sat Oct 27 08:27:11 EST 2007

Eiher is appropriate, depending on where you are.

In areas where the nearest Igate is not too far away, WIDE1-1, WIDE2-1 
may work every time but in more remote areas the extra hop of WIDE1-1, 
WIDE2-2 could be to your advantage.

Ray vk2tv

Shaun Pitcher wrote:

>Thanks again,
>
>Was planning to set it to (APRS via wide1-1,wide2-1)for mobile use.  I
was 
>told on another post that 2-2 was overkill on the second wide.
>
>Regards, 
>Shaun Pitcher   
>spitcher at energy.com.au 
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>"Mike Townsend" <tasit at tpg.com.au> 
>Sent by: ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au
>27/10/2007 07:46 AM
>Please respond to
>VK / ZL  APRS Users  <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
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>To
>"VK / ZL  APRS Users" <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
>cc
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>Subject
>Re: [OZAPRS] New Kantronic KP3 and GPS arrived
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>Not sure about ARU25N. If you want to see the path your signal took use 
>'APRS,TRACE2-2' or 'APRS,WIDE,WIDE' with UI-view from home until the new 
>paradigm is implimented in the Sydney region. If you use WIDE*-* it will 
>be 
>digipeated but not show by who. Also please do not use RELAY or WIDE1-1
in 
>
>your path if not operating mobile. If mobile and want to see the path use

>RELAY,TRACE2-2 or RELAY,TRACE2-1
>
>Confused?
>Have fun, Mike.
>
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Shaun Pitcher" <spitcher at energy.com.au>
>To: <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
>Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 7:16 AM
>Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] New Kantronic KP3 and GPS arrived
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>>Thanks Mike,
>>
>>Not quite what I was after however dam useful, so I have down loaded the
>>UIview addons.
>>
>>I was more interested in the path the packet took to the Igate, more so
>>than the path of the car, however as above this is very useful.  I 
>>    
>>
>wanted
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>>to make sure I had my path and  Wides set correctly.  I have found
>>multiple locations for paths.  Unproto is set correctly (APRS v
>>wide1-1,wide2-1) however after connecting the TNC to UIview it has 
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>placed
>  
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>>ARU25N in another path that I am yet to work out. Apparently this is the
>>version of UIview.
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>>Once it is running I can see what the actual TNC will do in a mobile
>>environment (I suspect this other path is used for the internet direct
>>connect.)
>>
>>
>>
>>Regards,
>>Shaun Pitcher
>>spitcher at energy.com.au
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>>
>>"Mike Townsend" <tasit at tpg.com.au>
>>Sent by: ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au
>>27/10/2007 06:54 AM
>>Please respond to
>>VK / ZL  APRS Users  <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
>>
>>
>>To
>>"VK / ZL  APRS Users" <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
>>cc
>>
>>Subject
>>Re: [OZAPRS] New Kantronic KP3 and GPS arrived
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>>Hello Shaun,
>>Not sure if this is what your after.
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>>
>>>So my question is how do I monitor its path?
>>>      
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>>http://www.db0anf.de/app/aprs/stations/   this web site shows some nice
>>statistics and has a mobile activity page that shows position plots 
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>along
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>>with a snail trail. If you use AGWTracker this has the position plot and
>>snailtrail option built in. If using UI-view you will have to get a copy
>>of
>>the add on UI-Route from here http://www.apritch.myby.co.uk/uiroute.htm 
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>.
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>>Mike.
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "Shaun Pitcher" <spitcher at energy.com.au>
>>To: <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
>>Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 9:22 PM
>>Subject: [OZAPRS] New Kantronic KP3 and GPS arrived
>>
>>
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>>>Ladies and Gents,
>>>
>>>My gear has arrived, much to the disappointment of the misses (Ham 
>>>      
>>>
>widow
>  
>
>>>again).  Also purchased a FM900 however am unsure of the frequencies it
>>>      
>>>
>>is
>>    
>>
>>>programmed to.  It has a big sticker on the top claiming ch9 for APRS
>>>however nothing heard here at Wahroonga, which is line of site to
>>>VK2JPJ-1.  Nothing heard on the 2m in the kitchen either when I put it
>>>into beacon mode.  I think it may have been programmed for the old VK3
>>>frequency as that is where it came from.  Freq counter is in a box way
>>>under the house.
>>>
>>>Anyway, with a few connectors from Jaycar tomorrow I will probably, if
>>>      
>>>
>>the
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>>>SAF does not get to low (Spouse Approval Factor), be able to get some
>>>location packets transmitted from it.
>>>
>>>So my question is how do I monitor its path?  Andrew R seems to produce
>>>amazing graphs and I was wanting to keep a track on myself to see all 
>>>      
>>>
>is
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>>>going well?
>>>
>>>I might also ask you guys to give me some feedback if it is not set
>>>operating correctly.
>>>
>>>Fingers crossed.
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>Shaun Pitcher   VK2XPP-9
>>>spitcher at energy.com.au
>>>
>>>
>>>
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