[OZAPRS] Coffs Harbour DIGI

[Ray Wells]

Just been looking at aprs.fi for 25th April and lots of traffic from 
vk2boz-9 via vk2rdo-3.

http://aprs.fi/?call=vk2boz-9&dt=1303689600&mt=roadmap&z=11&timerange=604800

Ray vk2tv

On 03/05/11 16:33, Ray Wells wrote:
> I think I'd have noticed it missing from my map if it was off-air for
> any length of time.
>
> This may not be the answer but, something to consider about Mt. Moombil
> is that it doesn't get into parts of Coffs Harbour very well. For that
> reason there is a television translator site at Bruxner Park, close to
> the city.
>
> The voice repeater may be fine but aprs is digital and just one missing
> bit (from flutter, e.g.) corrupts the entire packet. A digi will have
> less usable coverage from a site than a voice service at that site.
>
>  From what I've observed, vk2rdo-3 has very respectable coverage.
>
> It just dawned on me, I was watching vk2boz-9 mobile over the Easter
> weekend and after he left the Macleay Valley and vk2rmc-1, aprs.fi
> reported him via vk2rdo-3.
>
> Ray vk2tv
>
>
>
> On 03/05/11 16:08, Steve Sharp wrote:
>> Maybe they took it off the air over Easter?
>> It's certainly there now beaconing away every 30 mins or so.
>> 73 Steve VK2POO
>>
>> On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 3:32 PM, David Hardy <vk2nh at hotmail.com
>> <mailto:vk2nh at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> That strange, I was there 21-26 april and not 1 packet. Plenty on
>> the way up and back.
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> From: sharpst at gmail.com <mailto:sharpst at gmail.com>
>> Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 11:33:36 +1000
>> To: ozaprs at aprs.net.au <mailto:ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
>> Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] Coffs Harbour DIGI
>>
>>
>> As of 2 mins ago - yes.
>> http://aprs.fi/info/a/VK2RDO-3
>> I travelled up from Sydney on the 20th April and it relayed us from
>> Bowraville up to Sandy Beach.
>> Steve VK2POO
>>
>> On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 11:27 AM, David Hardy <vk2nh at hotmail.com
>> <mailto:vk2nh at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Is the rumored Ciffs digi still on air. I was up there over
>> easter and the only posits I got in were via Summerland and
>> Kempsey digis
>>
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