[OZAPRS] HF APRS with an FT 857D and Kantronics KP3

[Shaun]

Thanks Terry,

This explains a lot, and although not the outcome I was looking for, your help 
has saved me a lot of time.

Anyone got a cheep 300 baud 200 hz modem going?

Thanks to all that contributed.

73

Shaun VK2XPP-9 for now.

On Tue, 26 Apr 2011 19:25:36 Terry Neumann wrote:
> I've always understood that the KPC-3 will not work on HF packet or (by
> implication) HF APRS.   I could be wrong - I've never even tried it so I
> can't be sure.    I have a couple of them here on VHF at various times.
>
>  From the manual on page 25 (under HBaud):
>
> Snip > --------------
>
> "Although the KPC-3 can operate on 300 baud, the modem tones will still
> use a 1000 Hz shift whereas most HF packet uses a 200 Hz shift."
>
> Others will be better qualified than I to interpret whether that is a
> serious limitation to the success of the experiment.
>
> FWIW
> 73
> Terry
> VK5ATN