[OZAPRS] TT3plus / TT4 HF set up help needed.

Ray Wells vk2tv at exemail.com.au
Thu Sep 30 08:14:40 EST 2010


Stuart,

FWIW, vk2tv-4 heard 3 packets from vk5ade-15 (last at 19:34 EST) and 3 
from vk5ade-14 (last at 16:25) on Tuesday.

A quick check on aprs.fi and I gated three packet from each ssid to the 
internet.

Ray vk2tv

On 30/09/10 07:58, vk5ex.andrew at gmail wrote:
> Gday Stuart,
> Looks like your mobile HF setup there is almost identical to mine , 
> other than the you are using a TT4 by the looks and Im still using the 
> older TT3. Unfortunately I cant help you with the TT4 settings. If all 
> is ok you should get into a 30m HFgate pretty easilly. ( Most of the 
> time ) .. I use a cut down , heavilly modified 27Mhz CB whip for 30m 
> aprs around town. ( It fits under the carport without having to remove 
> it ! ) I can generally get into an interstate Igate somewhere 
> while parked under the carport. It really does amaze me sometimes as 
> to how good 30m is generally, we have a pretty good dispersement of 
> Igates on 30m these days , which makes it all the better. Just one 
> last thing. When I originally set things up in the landcruiser, I had 
> a bad RF feedback problem that made the decoding of my aprs 
> transmissions very unreliable. Ended up fixing that by earthing 
> evering I could, to the car body, as well as using a number of clip on 
> ferrites on all audio / power / head cables etc.
> Regards .. Andrew .. VK5EX
> ----- Original Message -----
>
>     *From:* scameron <mailto:scameron at bigpond.net.au>
>     *To:* Australian APRS Users <mailto:ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
>     *Sent:* Wednesday, September 29, 2010 10:15 PM
>     *Subject:* Re: [OZAPRS] TT3plus / TT4 HF set up help needed.
>
>     Thanks
>
>         ----- Original Message -----
>         *From:* David and Justine Olsen <mailto:davejust at bigpond.net.au>
>         *To:* Australian APRS Users <mailto:ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
>         *Sent:* Wednesday, September 29, 2010 9:16 PM
>         *Subject:* Re: [OZAPRS] TT3plus / TT4 HF set up help needed.
>
>         Yes it is for a TT4 7036.00 LSB
>
>
>
>         On 29/09/2010, at 9:08 PM, scameron wrote:
>
>>         Hi David, thanks for this i have not used 40m to date mainly
>>         concentrated on 30m i assume it is on 7036 USB.
>>         Regards,
>>         Stuart
>>
>>             ----- Original Message -----
>>             *From:* David and Justine Olsen
>>             <mailto:davejust at bigpond.net.au>
>>             *To:* Australian APRS Users <mailto:ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
>>             *Sent:* Wednesday, September 29, 2010 8:05 PM
>>             *Subject:* Re: [OZAPRS] TT3plus / TT4 HF set up help needed.
>>
>>             I find my position reporting over long distances to be
>>             very reliable on 40m in some locations. eg Simpson desert
>>             posits every few minutes. Locally from Townsville all the
>>             way to Mt Isa on 40m worked great. However the key to it
>>             is getting the most reliable decoding of your signal by
>>             the igates, which requires quite a bit of finesse on the
>>             settings, and unfortunately trial and error seems to be
>>             the most effective for me.
>>
>>             David
>>             VK4MDX
>>
>>             On 29/09/2010, at 8:25 PM, scameron wrote:
>>
>>>             Hi Gordon, yes i keep thinking HF will be the same
>>>             as VHF APRS but we should be understanding of
>>>             propagation, it is frustrating but i have been a great
>>>             believer and follower of HF over the years.
>>>             Regards,
>>>             Stuart
>>>
>>>                 ----- Original Message -----
>>>                 *From:* Gordon Taylor <mailto:gordon.t at internode.on.net>
>>>                 *To:* 'Australian APRS Users'
>>>                 <mailto:ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
>>>                 *Sent:* Wednesday, September 29, 2010 7:50 PM
>>>                 *Subject:* Re: [OZAPRS] TT3plus / TT4 HF set up help
>>>                 needed.
>>>
>>>                 Stuart,
>>>                                 That is working fine.  The vagaries
>>>                 of HF mean that gating can be all over the place
>>>                 depending on propagation.  Look at the posits of
>>>                 VK4UN-15 or VK4KEL -15 as they have both been/are
>>>                 travelling around oz.  There are some big patches of
>>>                 no beacons and the only explanation is propagation.
>>>                 *Regards,
>>>                 Gordo VK4VP*
>>>                 *From:* ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au
>>>                 <mailto:ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au>
>>>                 [mailto:ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au] *On Behalf Of
>>>                 *scameron
>>>                 *Sent:* Wednesday, 29 September 2010 20:06
>>>                 *To:* Australian APRS Users
>>>                 *Subject:* Re: [OZAPRS] TT3plus / TT4 HF set up help
>>>                 needed.
>>>                 Hi Gordon, thanks for your quick response i have
>>>                 been able to monitor via AGW tracker HF live and on
>>>                 APRS.fi and it appears ok, i have not set up up an
>>>                 Igate and don't wish to at this stage, i did a
>>>                 small, trip this afternoon but was not convinced the
>>>                 signal was getting into the Igates ok, have lookat
>>>                 Vk5ade-14, i had to change the ssid so i could
>>>                 differ between the 2 trackers, i have been running
>>>                 VHF ok for some time now with no problems.
>>>                 Kind regards,
>>>                 Stuart Vk5ade
>>>
>>>                     ----- Original Message -----
>>>                     *From:* Gordon Taylor
>>>                     <mailto:gordon.t at internode.on.net>
>>>                     *To:* 'Australian APRS Users'
>>>                     <mailto:ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
>>>                     *Sent:* Wednesday, September 29, 2010 7:29 PM
>>>                     *Subject:* Re: [OZAPRS] TT3plus / TT4 HF set up
>>>                     help needed.
>>>                     Stuart,
>>>                                     Have you listened to the TX
>>>                     audio on another radio.  A bit of distortion etc
>>>                     can cause it not to be gated.
>>>                     How do you mean it works on the bench?
>>>                     Have you set up your own HF IGate and it works?
>>>                     *Regards,
>>>                     Gordo VK4VP*
>>>                     *From:* ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au
>>>                     <mailto:ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au>
>>>                     [mailto:ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au] *On Behalf
>>>                     Of *scameron
>>>                     *Sent:* Wednesday, 29 September 2010 19:53
>>>                     *To:* Australian APRS Users
>>>                     *Subject:* [OZAPRS] TT3plus / TT4 HF set up help
>>>                     needed.
>>>                     Hi group, i am still having issues setting up
>>>                     either TT3plus or TT4 on HF mobile Icom 706
>>>                     Mk2g, i have checked my settings against our
>>>                     local APRS VK settings and can not see why it
>>>                     should not work, they both work here on the
>>>                     bench OK. Is it possible for somebody to email
>>>                     the settings either one would do.
>>>                     Regards,
>>>                     Stuart Vk5ade
>>>
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