[OZAPRS] And to really stir things up

[Peter Schrader]

I have been avidly following the discussion on HF APRS, I must put a 
couple taps on my HF APRS mobile whip to see how 40 and 20m compare to 
30m.  While camping I also tend to try HF APRS using a laptop and 
soundcard interface.

Sometime ago I proposed the use of two way messaging via HF APRS, with 
an eye on efficient long distance message handling in Emcomm situations, 
plus the fun aspects.  At the time it got pooh-poohed a bit.  In my 
little mind I cannot see the issue with HF Igates allowing local 
messages to be gated to RF.  UIView provides a facility to throttle the 
number of beacons/messages transmitted to air, so if capacity issues are 
realised these fields could be tweaked to ensure mobile positions are 
received with minimal collisions.

I know IGates accept messages from the air, but without the two way 
capability HF APRS will be solely restricted to tracking.

Note, I am not advocating HF gates transmitting objects from the 
IS/VHF/UHF system, just messages directed to VKnxxx-15 stations.

I'd love to have a HamHUD like device on my dashboard for HF, having the 
HamHUD in the car for VHF has been excellent.

Flame suit is on.

Peter
VK4EA
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