[OZAPRS] BMARC Expedition to Poeppels Corner

[Geoff]

Had an update last night from Peter VK2US, (who had to return to Sydney due
to catastrophic vehicle failure).

The HF Gateway was definitely transferred to VK2SS's vehicle, however it
seems there may be some difficulty in getting it operational.   I'm not sure
that we will see anything from the guys via HF unfortunately, although we
have relayed two suggestions to them:
1 - Re-wire one of the mobile TT3/TT4 units to the HF rig so that we can see
one posit (one is better than none)
2 - Retune the VHF trackers to the ISS frequency and have some possibility
of occasional satellite pickups

The guys made it to Poeppels corner last night, and will be there for today
and I believe leaving tomorrow morning, so if you want a contact with
VK2HZ/P4+5+8 give them a try on HF Voice - they are usually around 7.080,
but I'm guessing 20m could be given a run during the day.

Thanks again to all the HF gates that are listening out - they may still
make an appearance yet....

Cheers,
Geoff



-----Original Message-----
From: ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au [mailto:ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au] On
Behalf Of Gerard Hill
Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 12:24 PM
To: Australian APRS Users
Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] BMARC Expedition to Poeppels Corner

Does anyone know if the PC-09 crew are operational on HF APRS yet? Not a 
single beacon has been heard from the group on 40m so they may have had 
some problems. A couple of new gates in VK5 have appeared so there are 
now 4 or 5 stations that should hear them. The VK5 gates are being heard 
in Sydney so there is *some* propagation. Also, contact was made on 40m SSB.

I think we just need to be patient.

Cheers ... Gerard

Ross Barlin wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> So much for 40m aprs - good try with little result so far.
> 
> Suggestion:
> 
> How about getting to boys to QSY to 10.147.6 MHz USB, if able and enjoy
the 
> 30m band coverage, (assuming they have HF contact back home), then we will

> all be able to see how well that band works and where the travellers are
up 
> to in their journey.
> 
> Perhaps 30m is old hat for them and they just wanted to try something 
> different?
> 
> BTW, nothing further heard of VK2HZ on satellite AO-51, but I have not
been 
> able to monitor all passes, so I may have missed them.
> 
> Regards,
> Ross VK2DVZ
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