[OZAPRS] APRS Tracker

Andrew Errington a.errington at lancaster.ac.uk
Mon Nov 29 11:43:37 EST 2010


On Mon, November 29, 2010 09:25, VK4UN wrote:
> ?But APRS is in Auto mode, it only transmitts when when the Squelch is
> closed at least that's how mine works, it my tiny tracker or Kenwood 710
> is ready to transmitt a beacon it waits till the squelch is closed, if it
> is hearing a digi or another beacon from a vehicle it waits till it is
> clear, I would imaging it would be the same with the RTG

No.  This is not the case for the RTG.  The radio built-in to the RTG is
Tx-only.  It has no receiver, so it cannot detect transmissions that are
happening at the time it is due to transmit.  This is mentioned in a note
at the bottom of the product page.

73,

Andrew
HL5/ZL3AME



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