[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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