[OZAPRS] New Warwick Igate

[Brian Beamish]

Hi David
 
I will be passing through Warwick Friday morning on the way to Tamworth for
the country music festival normally I would use HF all the way specially as
there is very little coverage between Brisbane and Tamworth on VHF, none
that I am aware of now south of Warwick.
 
I will use VHF until I get past Warwick (VK4BBS-9) then will revert back to
30m HF (VK4BBS-15) after I no longer hear my beacons coming back.
 
73 Brian VK4BBS
 
PS: Whilst I prefer 30m on HF as it is normally very reliable I may give 20m
a try whilst away if there is a set frequency to work on as I have seen two
different ones being tossed around.
 
-------Original Message-------
 
From: David Hopkins
Date: 01/14/09 17:56:09
To: ozaprs at aprs.net.au
Subject: [OZAPRS] New Warwick Igate
 
Gentlemen,
Finally we have an Igate installed in Warwick Queensland.
 
Callsign VK4HPW-1
 
Warwick is about 80KMs north of the QLD/NSW border on the New England
Highway.
 
The DIGI is running on a temporary antenna just above roof height.
It is hoped to get the antenna to about 10 meters above the roof in
the near future.
 
The location is at the home of VK4HPW and unfortunately is in a bit
of a hollow.
 
Before the installation all APRS stopped at Cunninghams Gap. Now
there is reasonable coverage from about 10KMs south of the Gap until
well past Warwick.
If a higher site could be found then there would be a vast
improvement in the coverage.
 
What we need next is a couple of digi's further south to extend the
coverage another couple of hundred  kilometres along the New England Highway

 
David
 
 
 
David G. Hopkins (VK4ZF)
CAPALABA QLD.
AUSTRALIA
S27 32.191 E153 11.867
 
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