[OZAPRS] APRS 101 guide for newbies & 2 hops vs 3 hops

[Pete]

Nik

Yep unfortunately vk3cv-2 is down that would be servicing your area, so it might be a bit quiet in gelong for the next few days till we can fix it. I have got the igate and digi working  but my qth is greensborough so I don't know if you will hear me. If you travel onto the city, you should hear me.



Regards
Peter Wicklein
L7/31 Queen St Melbourne Vic 3000
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On 02/02/2011, at 11:56, "Nik Presser" <nikp007 at bigpond.com> wrote:

> G'day Peter,
>  
> No worries. After getting my 710A up and running Fri night, there seemed to be a lot of activity and during Saturday also. It all went quiet Sunday but ok on Monday & Tuesday - I think.
>  
> Keep up the good work.
>  
> Cheers,
>  
> Nik Presser
> VK3BA
> Geelong
> http://www.qrz.com/callsign/VK3BA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Pete
> To: Australian APRS Users
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> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 1:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] APRS 101 guide for newbies & 2 hops vs 3 hops
> 
> Nik
> 
> Hi should only be two hops to the nearest igate. Having said that Melbourne metro is without a digi and an igate at the moment, I am transferring my 70 cm igate on onto 2m tonight, it should be up later in the evening, Any reports would be appreciated. Look around 20:30, it should be up and testing then
> 
> 
> On 31/01/2011, at 19:01, "Nik Presser" <nikp007 at bigpond.com> wrote:
> 
>> G'day all on the list,
>>  
>> Just a couple more questions from a newbie...
>>  
>> 1. I see the default for WIDE1-1 WIDE2-1 on the TM-D710A is two hops. It looks like there was a bit of a network outage or similar yesterday in Western VK3 for a few hours so I've changed the radio to 3 hops. Does going to 3 hops put extra load on the network? Most of my travel will be in VK3 and VK5.
>>  
>> 2. Does anyone have a link to something like an APRS 101 or APRS for Newbies at all? Either a VK or international version would probably do.
>>  
>> I'm using VK3BA-9
>>  
>> Thanks.
>>  
>> Cheers,
>>  
>> Nik Presser
>> VK3BA
>> Geelong
>> http://www.qrz.com/callsign/VK3BA
> 
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