[OZAPRS] Finally got the HF mobile working in the 4WD- Off to Alice28th May

[David and Justine Olsen]

Andrew

Thanks aware of the smart beacon issues hence my comment "currently  
set". In the desert smart beaconing will not result in lots of  
traffic- it is all straight lines for ages.
I have been using smart beaconing mainly to test. Still looking for  
an HF multi-tap antenna

David



On 19 May 2009, at 22:05, vk5ex.andrew at gmail wrote:

> Hi David,
>
> What settings are you using in the TT3 for HF ? .. You have to be a  
> bit carefull using smart beaconing on HF as you can inadvertantly  
> generate a lot of traffic under some situations.
> Have a look here , if you havnet allready, http://vk3.aprs.net.au/ 
> tt_settings.htm . It gives very conservative settings, while  
> possibly still not ideal, It'll ensure you wont beacon too often.
> In the TT3 example the digi path isnt quite right either ..  
> probably best to use GATE,WIDE2-1
>
> Have a good trip, Im envious .. hi .. Will try to look out for you  
> on 40m
>
> Regards .. Andrew .. VK5EX
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David and Justine Olsen"  
> <davejust at bigpond.net.au>
> To: "Australian APRS Users" <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 18:17
> Subject: [OZAPRS] Finally got the HF mobile working in the 4WD- Off  
> to Alice28th May
>
>
>> Well what a long haul it has been but we got there. I got the VHF   
>> mobile working first (VK4MDX-9) and now the HF mobile VK4MDX-15.
>>
>> It hasn't been easy on VHF to get Tinytrack 3 to do what was  
>> needed,  but we got there. On HF strangely it was easier.
>>
>> I am off to Alice Springs on 28th May and will be in the Simpson   
>> Desert for some weeks.
>>
>> Any one running APRS on 40m look out for me. Will take another  
>> test  drive tonight.
>>
>> David VK4MDX
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