[OZAPRS] Alice Springs & VK8 APRS

David and Justine Olsen davejust at bigpond.net.au
Thu Dec 10 23:20:59 EST 2009


Yep, do some myself with my 703 and pack

David VK4MDX



On 10 Dec 2009, at 22:14, Terry Neumann wrote:

> Joseph Burford wrote:
>
>> The issue here is that neither 30m or 40m are going to be practical
>> for someone walking/hiking. Not unless we go back to  WW2 style  
>> and do
>> back pack radios :-)
>>
>> 2m handheld at a few watts with a largish whip is probably the best
>> you are going to want to take when hiking. As others have said a low
>> power setup like this will probably need to be heard by a good local
>> digi or temp digi in the support vehicle to be of much use. Obviously
>> the issue of not having a local iGate is something else to factor in.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Joseph
>>
>
> G'day Joseph,
>
> It could well that this is exactly what they have in mind but I  
> can't be
> sure ....
>
> HF backpacking is very big in USA - not aware that much is done  
> here in VK.
>
> Have a look at:  http://hfpack.com/
>
> Nice to 'see' you again,
>
> 73
> Terry
> VK5ATN
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