[OZAPRS] Finally got the HF mobile working in the 4WD- OfftoAlice28th May

[David and Justine Olsen]

Yes. My main gripe with APRS is that most of the gates are on 30m.
A great band for APRS, but not available to standard calls.
We could certainly use more gates on other frequencies.

David


On 20 May 2009, at 04:50, Mike Zwingl oe3mzc wrote:

> sorry,
> did not read about ur license limitations..
> have a save trip
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Zwingl oe3mzc"  
> <oe3mzc at oevsv.at>
> To: "Australian APRS Users" <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
> Cc: <ZLAPRS at yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 8:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] Finally got the HF mobile working in the 4WD-  
> OfftoAlice28th May
>
>
>> David,
>> you should use 10.147,6 USB instead of 40m when you are out to Alice.
>> Some HF-Gates with DSP-TNC's in Perth and Darwin are listening for  
>> you.
>> Which will give you the advatage, that you dont need to calibrate  
>> ur mobile rig so exactly to qrg.
>> These DSp-TNCs will receive 800Hz span simultaneously.
>> vy 73 de Mike
>> OE3MZC
>> ex VK3FPF
>>
>>
>> ----- 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 2:37 PM
>> Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] Finally got the HF mobile working in the  
>> 4WD- Off toAlice28th May
>>
>>
>>> 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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