[OZAPRS] HF APRS and BMARC DXpedition

[Ian Bennett]

Geoff,
	I am heading out that way starting the afternoon of 26 Jun. I will be in a 
group travelling along the Hay River and on to Uluru and back via the Simpson 
Desert. I will be using HF APRS on 30m (VK1IAN-9).
	Another poster to this list (David) is also going but at the beginning of 
June and is looking at his options; currently either 20m or 40m.
	Between the two of us, you should get an idea of what band will suit your 
requirements prior to your trip.
	I for one would be keen on tracking your progress on my return.

Ian
VK1IAN

On Sun, 29 Mar 2009 09:50:34 Geoff wrote:
> Folks,
>
> Great to see some intense activity on HF APRS here :)
>
> The Blue Mountains ARC is conducting a trip in August out to Poeppels
> Corner (corner of VK5 and VK4), and one of the major modes that will be
> used on that trip is going to be HF APRS.  The trip will involve several
> 4x4's, Bikes and even a Model Helicopter or two (fitted with 2.4GHz CCTV
> and an APRS tracker)
>
> There will be a special setup in place to take VHF APRS signals from the
> convoy and "reverse gate" them to HF (The VHF setups will all be configured
> with HF parameters, and the mobile gateway will be set up to comply with
> the HF setup)
>
> I'm following the discussion on bands and gates fairly closely, as I'm
> trying to work out which band would be the best to conduct this trip on.
> The team do a lot of work on 40m voice, but I had recommended 30m for
> APRS... at the time there were no 40m gates :)
>
> I'd like to start building up a reasonably accurate list of HF Gateways for
> VK/ZL - The information on the website is still not quite there yet
> (http://www.aprs.net.au/hf_frequencies.php)
>
> Would the various HF Gate operators mind responding with their setup, e.g.
> - Band
> - Callsign
> - Location
> - Fulltime/Part Time/On Request
>
> This will help us in
> a) updating the website
> b) planning for the BMARC trip
>
> BTW I was listening to 7036.5 last night and could hear a couple of packet
> stations here in Sydney, but I don't have any TNC connected at the moment.
> There was a fair bit of splatter across that frequency from adjacent voice
> nets.
>
> Thanks,
> Geoff  VK2XJG
>
>
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