[OZAPRS] HF APRS and BMARC DXpedition

[Geoff]

David,

The trip will be between 29 August -> 12 September 2009.

For those interested in following the trip, details can be found on the
BMARC website:   http://www.bmarc.org/pc-09.php

Regards,
Geoff  VK2XJG

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au [mailto:ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au] On
> Behalf Of David and Justine Olsen
> Sent: Sunday, 29 March 2009 10:16 AM
> To: Australian APRS Users
> Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] HF APRS and BMARC DXpedition
> 
> Geoff
> 
> Sorry I missed the date in your post apologies for asking for info
> you already gave.
> 
> You may be interested in my propagation predictions for 20m from the
> Simpson Desert here
> 
> http://www.blognow.com.au/vk4mdx/131710/APRS_-
> _The_case_for_more_iGates_on_frequencies_other_than_30m_in_VK.html
> 
> David
> 
> 
> 
> On 29 Mar 2009, at 08:50, 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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