[OZAPRS] QRG drift HF APRS

[Phillip]

Not to start a bun fight or any other flames etc !!!

As I see it if a Net Station is off frequency they are told and if they
choose to 
not correct it within X days they are replaced.. 
 
Net stations are shown I believe because they indicated some time back that 
they had the means to be correct and the time to make sure if this is not
the case 
then lets move on get stations that have got the time and the means.. 

The current list possibly needs an update too !!!
 
If I appear blunt sorry, but others rely on the The Net Stations being there
and being 
as close to the correct QRG as possible .. 
 
I was last checked by Rob ZL3 RX about 18 months ago so I do 
hope I am very close to correct. 
 
This is my take on it .. 
 
73 Phillip 
ZL2TZE 

 
-------Original Message------- 
 
From: Ray Wells 
Date: 2/07/2011 12:09:40 
To: ozaprs at aprs.net.au 
Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] QRG drift HF APRS 
 
Hi Larry, 
 
I understand that we have net stations but one of them is not on the 
correct frequency by a very significant amount. If we considered 
Australia in isolation we could net to that station and all would be 
fine. However, we are a part of a global 30m network and we must take 
every step possible to ensure we are on the same frequency as the rest 
of the world. On a nightly basis I log (and gate) stations from around 
the globe on 30m. If I shifted my frequency to the net station's 
frequency I would likely not log any of those other stations. That I log 
so many international stations tells me that I'm on (or very close to) 
the international 30m frequency. 
 
If I'm treading on the toes of net stations with my criticism, so be it. 
If they can't (or won't) get it right they should be replaced. The fact 
that most 30m users in Oz are higher in frequency than one net station 
speaks volumes about our confidence in that net station. 
 
I understand that the net stations provide their facility on a 24/7 
basis but so do many other Igate stations. 
 
Ray vk2tv