[OZAPRS] 20 m freq

[David and Justine Olsen]

I am sure you know my answer already. I like th idea

David

On 12 Jan 2009, at 20:04, Ian Bennett wrote:

> Ray,
> 	I think it is a great idea. I hadn't really given much thought to  
> a BBS
> service whilst I'm away but it may be handy.
> 	I am in a group planning a trip to Ayres Rock in July and I will  
> be active on
> 30m APRS. I have been doing some testing over the past week or so  
> using an
> old Wagner and you have been gating me in during the day :-)
> 	Anyway, I may hit you up closer to the event to get a soldier's  
> five on how
> this BBS thingy works.
>
> Ian
> VK1IAN
>
> On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:45:09 Ray Wells wrote:
>> In a senior moment, which I am old enough to have, I took the bbs off
>> 20m but forgot to remove the node. I thank vk4jrc for bringing  
>> this to
>> my attention as a result of connecting to my node.
>>
>> Now for a question. Given that there will probably never be a heap of
>> aprs stations on 20m, what is the consensus of the list with  
>> regard to
>> having both aprs and bbs traffic on the 20m frequency.  Historically,
>> there isn't much (almost nil) bbs traffic but having a bbs there  
>> might
>> be of value to the outback traveller.
>>
>> I accept that the purist might disagree with this idea, and it's
>> certainly not something I'd contemplate for 30m. However, for 20m it
>> might just be workable.
>>
>> Constructive replies, please, and I'd especially like to hear from
>> potential outback travellers.
>>
>> Ray vk2tv
>>
>> Ray Wells wrote:
>>> As a follow up to my previous, VK4JRC was heard on my 20m port at  
>>> near
>>> midday (NSW time) today, 12th Jan.
>>>
>>> Ray vk2tv
>>>
>>> Ray Wells wrote:
>>>> Michael,
>>>>
>>>> Mine should be working but it's not heard anyone yet. It's  
>>>> turned on
>>>> and ready and is on 14105.09 USB using 1600/1800Hz tones.
>>>>
>>>> I don't know the tone pair used by the tt3+. If they are the  
>>>> same as
>>>> mine 14105.09 should be close to the money. If they are different
>>>> you'll need an offset.
>>>>
>>>> If you used 10147.600 on 30m you won't need an offset of 20m. If  
>>>> your
>>>> dial reading was other than 10147.600 on 30m, apply that frequency
>>>> difference to 20m.
>>>>
>>>> Ray vk2tv
>>>>
>>>> Michael wrote:
>>>>> Hello all,
>>>>> Is there a APRS gate working oh 20 m now? if so what frequency
>>>>> should I use, using a TT3+ into the IC-706
>>>>>
>>>>> About to drive a few thousand Km back home next week and would  
>>>>> like
>>>>> something working, cannot use 10 meg as the Terlin antenna got a
>>>>> broken wire below the 20m tap :-( (Was wondering why my  
>>>>> location was
>>>>> not updating all that often on the way down)
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for a great service
>>>>>
>>>>> 73 from Michael
>>>>> VK6BHY
>>>>>
>>>>>
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