[OZAPRS] 6m APRS

[Ray Wells]

Gerard Hill wrote:
> Gerard Hill wrote:
>> Ray Wells wrote:
>>> Somewhere in the back of my mind I have this thought that VK2DOT is 
>>> doing something on or around 53.000 for conventional packet. Are you 
>>> in contact with Rod?
>>
>> Yes - even on packet ;-) Not sure that he has 6m running still as 
>> only one 70cm radio port is showing up on XRouter. VK2RAG was 
>> allocated 53.000 - did it ever operate?
>
> It turns out that Rod VK2DOT is running a port on 53.100. The plan is 
> to shortly move the antenna he's using up to Kariong and have a node 
> operating from there.
>
> Cheers ... Gerard
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Gerard,

Thanks for the info. I'm unaware of CCARC doing anything with 53.000, 
but I haven't been down there for 15 years. If Rod is using 53.100 and 
it's moving to Kariong, I'd suggest that frequency will become their 
standard.

In correspondence from John Martin of FTAC, he indicated 53.000 and 
53.100 both had possible users, albeit a small number. Useage indicated 
is BBS and Node. I would suggest that aprs is incompatible with either. 
John further suggested 53.025, 53.050 and 53.075 were not allocated and 
may be an option. John was going to confer with his ZL counterpart to 
see if they could reach VK/ZL consensus for 6m FM aprs.

Ray vk2tv