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

[Pete]

Nic and others in melbourne,

Have put the antenna higher, hope it works better any reports would be appreciated as well as comments in content, can add dx spots as well if you like ( will take requests if you have any specific spots you want to watch)

Btw worked AO 51 h/h yesterday after seeing the overfly on APRS

Regards
Peter Wicklein
L7/31 Queen St Melbourne Vic 3000
Dir +61 3 99273801
Mobile +61 417 277 826

On 02/02/2011, at 23:02, "Nik Presser" <nikp007 at bigpond.com> wrote:

> No worries Peter.
>  
> Regarding this one here...
> 2011-02-02 11:43:28 UTC: VK3BA-9>S8P6W1,TCPIP*,qAS,vk7dc:`H/6l 'k/]"4c}NIK Email- 
> Does that mean I've been heard by VK7DC (in Burnie) direct? Seems a bit odd to me, unless there's some nice 2m DX around tonight...
>  
> I've now got a reasonable handle on how the "pathing" works, but the one above is interesting. Also, I've seen some other VK3 beacons/packets go via VK3RPG then VK5REP then VK5ZEA (those last two are on the Eyre Peninsula) - amazing. Might be handy to use as DX indicators.
>  
> Cheers,
>  
> Nik Presser
> VK3BA
> Geelong
> http://www.qrz.com/callsign/VK3BA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Pete
> To: Australian APRS Users
> Cc: Australian APRS Users
> Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 10:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] APRS 101 guide for newbies & 2 hops vs 3 hops
> 
> 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
> Dir +61 3 99273801
> Mobile +61 417 277 826
> 
> 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
>> Cc: <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
>> 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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