[OZAPRS] APRS news from Alice Springs

[Andrew Rich]

Move it up tp 439.100 - APRS FREQ ;-)


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Evans" <scott at vk7hse.hobby-site.org>
To: "Australian APRS Users" <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 12:34 AM
Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] APRS news from Alice Springs


>
> 436.000 right smack bang in the middle of the sat. section! O_o
>
> --
> Sent from my HTC Desire
>
> Geoff Gatward <geoff-lists at gatwards.org> wrote:
>
>>G'day Kev,
>>
>>Yep - Node 6000 is still going strong here, although it's been on
>>147.000 simplex since Pete got here.  Part of the plan is a new 2m
>>repeater and that will see IRLP finally being repeated.  The good thing
>>is that through most of the town it has good coverage on simplex anyway.
>>
>>We also have a second IRLP node on 436.000 simplex, and it seems we're
>>about to get a third ;-)
>>
>>I've got the radio on in the shack most of the time I'm in there,
>>usually in the evenings.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Geoff
>>
>>
>>On Wed, 2011-01-19 at 08:12 +1100, av08or wrote:
>>> Hi Geoff,
>>>
>>> Good to hear from you and that you are getting setup in Alice. I notice 
>>> that Pete appears to have a Irlp/echo link setup there, is it on a local 
>>> repeater? Might try and give you guys a call on it, what's a good time?
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Kev
>>>
>>> VK2KEV
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>
>>> On 18/01/2011, at 11:39 PM, Geoff Gatward <geoff-lists at gatwards.org> 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> > 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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