[OZAPRS] UIDIGI and Cheap HH

[vk3xci at aanet.com.au]

Bob
As far as the Quansheng goes, the mute is fixed... you can't turn it off,
tho' I believe you can temporarily defeat it by pushing the "Monitor"
button.
 I don't know what the implications of a hardware mod to achieve that
would be.


> What happens if you leave the squelch open? Will the receiver still go
> to sleep?
> Bob vk2byf
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au [mailto:ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au] On
> Behalf Of Ron Perry
> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 1:22 PM
> To: Australian APRS Users
> Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] UIDIGI and Cheap HH
>
>
> Hi Jim,
> Just a word of warning, the cheap HHelds would be ok for TX only
> trackers, as most now incorporate at battery save "sleep" mode, which
> doesn't allow the receiver to short packets, unless an extremely long
> TXD is set on the the other equipment.
>
> But the project sounds interesting.
>
> Regards
> Ron
>
>
> On Fri, 2008-03-14 at 09:01 +1000, WILSON Jim wrote:
>> Hi All,
>> Someone posted a config for UIDIGI for a fillin repeater some time
> back,
>> Anyone still have a copy? I'm running a scout camp with four teams on
>> foot which I want to track. It's a hilly area, so I want to put a digi
>> on a high area of the property. I won't be using the APRS frequency,
> and
>> I'll be receiving the info via RF at the base. (no gating to another
>> repeater or the net.) What would be the correct UIDIGI setup for this
>> use? I assume the trackers would only need 1-1 configured, but as
> there
>> won't be any other digis on the frequency, I assume I can just leave
>> them at their current settings.
>>
>> Second question,
>> I'm short handhelds for the event, I'd like to pick up some cheap HH.
>> Are there any standouts in the Chinese offerings? Would need a
> handheld
>> for the digi (MFJ-1270), and handhelds for trackers (opentrackers &
> some
>> opentracker+).
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jim
>> VK4HJD VK4JYM
>>
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