[OZAPRS] UIDIGI and Cheap HH

[Ron Perry]

Hi Jim,
On Fri, 2008-03-14 at 14:34 +1000, WILSON Jim wrote:
> Hi Ron, Norm, Et.Al.
> Good point. For the digi, I'll have to use one of my Yaseu HHs which I
> can turn this feature off. (this feature has always annoyed me being
> unable to be disabled on basically all UHF CB HHs)
> For the TX HHs do the cheap ones need a longer TX Delay for their TX to
> stabilise? Do they all send good data? How do HHs perform as their
> battery dies? Am I better off using a 12V SLA through a regulator so
> they have a constant voltage?
> 
Can you please let us know?   :-)

Regards,
Ron

Oh Norm was here for dinner tonight and we didn't even discuss this.



> Jim
> VK4JYM
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au [mailto:ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au] On
> Behalf Of vk3xci at aanet.com.au
> Sent: Friday, 14 March 2008 12:34 PM
> To: Australian APRS Users
> Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] UIDIGI and Cheap HH
> 
> G'day Jim,
> I'm playing with a quansheng HH at the moment. Its OK for transmit only
> tracker, but no good if you want to receive and decode packets.
> 
> The rx has a sleep function which can't be disabled! It cuts the first
> bit of received packets. One way around it is to have a looooong tx
> delay on all tnc/trackers and transmit nulls. It will have to be about
> 500ms.
> 
> BTW, I'd be more than happy to be proved wrong here re disabling the
> sleep function
> 
> Norm VK3XCI
> 
> > 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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