[OZAPRS] APRS news from Alice Springs

davejust at bigpond.net.au davejust at bigpond.net.au
Wed Jan 19 07:51:04 EST 2011


I welcome VHF APRS to Alice and would very much welcome a 40m gate in Alice. 40m allows access by standard calls as well as advanced, and 40m has proved quite successful form mobile ops for me.

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From: Geoff Gatward <geoff-lists at gatwards.org>
To: ozaprs at aprs.net.au;
Subject: [OZAPRS] APRS news from Alice Springs
Well, I've ALMOST finished setting up things here after my relocation...
New shack workstation, new Media PC etc etc, coming back on air slowly.
There isn't an awful lot of Amateur activity here, the two local voice
repeaters regularly ID, but that's about the limit of activity, or so it
seems :)
I have met up with several local hams here, and there seems to be a
great interest in APRS locally - especially from the ASARC club
president. Plans are already underway to establish a digipeater up on
West Gap (co-sited with the 2/70 repeaters), and an IGate more than
likely to be co-hosted on the local IRLP node.
Yes - there is also interest in establishing a 30m HF Gate here as well
(possibly even 40m if I can swing them that way).
I may bring up a temporary IGate from home to get the ball rolling and
introduce some activity, but it will only be TEMPORARY ;-)
In the meantime I've had success on the short drive to/from work this
week via ISS - look for a handful of posits from VK8GG-6
I've created some maps of the Alice area using Radiomobile and will
upload these to www.aprs.net.au in the next few days (along with the
other maps I've created the same way for VK2 that never made it to the
site)
73, de Geoff
VK8GG/VK2XJG
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