[OZAPRS] Wanted: HT for APRS

[Andrew Rich (Home)]

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Got a data radio instead - tin box


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Andrew Rich
Aiways Technical Officer Grade 4
Surveillance - RADAR ADS-B
Amateur Radio Callsign VK4TEC
email: vk4tec at tech-software.net
web: www.tech-software.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <vk3xci at aanet.com.au>
To: "Australian APRS Users" <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 2:35 PM
Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] Wanted: HT for APRS


> "I've been there, done that, got the badge" with the little Qaunsheng. It
> has a fatal flaw. It has a sleep mode on receive which I haven't been able
> to  defeat. It means you miss the first bit of received packets which of
> course then don't decode.
>
> OK for a simple tracker if you're not sending posits back to the GPS. My
> own set up was Garmin 12 (oooold) GPS, OT1 "modem"  and said Quansheng HT.
>
> If any one has found a way to defeat the sleep mode I'd be more than happy
> to hear from you.
>
> Norm, VK3XCI
>
>> Andrew,
>>
>> I have purchased a cheap Quansheng 2m HT for APRS purposes (AU$119) - has
>> Kenwood standard external mic/speaker connections, for which I am
>> currently
>> building a PC sound card interface for. See www.hamshack.com.au.
>>
>> Sensitivity and selectivity at 145.175 seems excellent, and great little
>> SMA-BNC adapters for external antenna connection are available.
>>
>> Will post to the list how I get on.
>> ___________________
>> Nev. Blyth, VK1HNB
>> Canberra, ACT, Australia
>>
>>
>>
>> 2009/8/22 Andrew Rich (Home) <vk4tec at tech-software.net>
>>
>>> Hello
>>>
>>> I am lookign for a HT for the car to work with a opentracker kit.
>>>
>>> Can anyone recommend ?
>>>
>>> I see ebay has quite a few.
>>>
>>> Andrew's Comms ?
>>>
>>> Which ones has PTT on headphone socket ?
>>>
>>> Recent purchase ?
>>>
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------
>>> Andrew Rich
>>> Aiways Technical Officer Grade 4
>>> Surveillance - RADAR ADS-B
>>> Amateur Radio Callsign VK4TEC
>>> email: vk4tec at tech-software.net
>>> web: www.tech-software.net
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