[OZAPRS] QRG drift HF APRS

[Ray Wells]

Ron,

It matters when we are a part of a global network. Are you seriously 
suggesting we should abandon a global network and support a station that 
is off frequency? I think not.

Can you offer a plausible reason why the "net" station won't fix his 
end? It seems that everyone knows he's off frequency except the net 
station. The net frequency is 10147.600 khz, not something else.

Ray vk2tv


On 02/07/11 11:50, Ron Perry wrote:
> On Sat, 2011-07-02 at 08:35 +1000, Ray Wells wrote:
>> Mike,
>>
>> A query re the figures shown at http://aprs.fi/?c=raw&call=vk6uz-4
>>
>> VK3MY-4 is shown with a figure of +78 which suggests he is higher in
>> frequency than a station shown as +50, for example.
>>
>> How can this be so when VK3MY-4 is clearly displayed in a waterfall
>> display as being lower in frequency than almost every other station and
>> other contributors to this forum have made the same observation?
>>
>> I know the figures are relative but that relativity suggests that, given
>> the number of stations shown as +50, those stations are on the correct
>> frequency and VK6UZ-4 is not.
>>
>> I think we need to decide on a reference (net) station that is on
>> frequency and from that known reference, every station would be able to
>> use a waterfall display to net to the reference station. Those simple
>> steps would eliminate most of the frequency error related problems. In
>> fact, if one station was the standard, every other station could, by
>> using a waterfall display, become a pseudo sub-standard - a bit like
>> calibrating meters.
>
> The Net station is the *only* one on frequency. All the others are off
> frequency. It is a Net frequency.  Nothing else matters.
>
> Ron
> vk3ecv
>
>
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