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

[David and Justine Olsen]

Andrew

What is the significance of the GATE setting? I am just running WIDE n.n

David


On 19 May 2009, at 22:21, David and Justine Olsen wrote:

> 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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