[OZAPRS] APRS news from Alice Springs

[Richard Hoskin]

Hi Geoff,

Great to see things slowly come together.

Send me your postal details and I'll send you a Codan for the 30mtrs HF
Gate.

Do you monitor the local IRLP node?

Cheers
Richard
VK3JFK


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au [mailto:ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au] On
> Behalf Of Geoff Gatward
> Sent: Tuesday, 18 January 2011 11:40 PM
> 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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