[OZAPRS] RE. Making Contact

[JandG]

G'day Geoff,
Thanks for your reply. Makes sense now.

I was using Voice Alert (on the A-side) which on the 710 automatically 
includes the frequency of the B-side VFO/Memory channel for voice 
communication.

I heard a few stations breaking through the squelch, and I think I heard 
your station as well once of twice. Was driving from Sydney to home QTH.

I get then a choice to press  "Tune" and that apparantly sets my B-side 
automatically to the frequency the other station is listening on. Haven't 
seen it working yet but will have to try some more.

Would love to talk to someone with similar set and run some tests to 
actually see some of the features working.

Do you know someone around here with a 710?

Cheers
Gerard
VK2JNG

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Geoff" <geoff at gatwards.org>
To: "'Australian APRS Users'" <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2008 9:29 AM
Subject: RE: [OZAPRS] RE. Making Contact


> Hi Gerard,
>
> VoiceAlert is only effective if you are in range of another station setup
> the same way.  You will know when another VoiceAlert configured station is
> in range when you hear their APRS packet (data audio) break through the
> 91.5Hz CTCSS tone on 145.175.
>
> Driving between North Ryde and Penrith daily, the only stations that I 
> have
> heard with this capability are VK2HIM-9 and VK2TGB-6.
>
> Simply including a voice frequency in your status text does not guarantee
> anyone will call you on it, and isn't VoiceAlert :-)
>
> Regards,
> Geoff  VK2XJG
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au [mailto:ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au] On
> Behalf Of JandG
> Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 7:42 PM
> To: Australian APRS Users
> Subject: [OZAPRS] RE. Making Contact
>
> Hi all,
> I am new to APRS and just got up and running.
>
> Is it just me or my settings or something else but I am finding difficulty
> in making a contact by voice using the "Voice Alert" facility.
>
> I must be doing something wrong but I really thought APRS was all about
> communications (Locally) and would make it easy to get in contact with
> others. I have not have one "Voice Contact" in the last week despite of
> showing my Voice frequency and other details.
>
> Please help,
>
> VK2JNG
> Gerard
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