[OZAPRS] Coffs Harbour DIGI

Wed May 4 12:50:30 EST 2011

Dave,

Both vk2tv-4 and vk2rmc-1 have complimentary coverage up to Clybucca. 
Once you go past that location the highway is undulating and in amongst 
heavy foliage almost all of the way to Macksville. Eungai Rail is an 
exception, with a brief section of the divided highway being elevated 
and clear of trees. Mt. Moombil would be a good path from there. The 
gotcha is that, being that the road is straight and, the cleared section 
is not very long, a typical mobile "might" not beacon in that section. 
 From Macksville to Nambucca Heads is relatively clear towards Moombil 
but north of Nambucca Heads you get into the trees again. From somewhere 
in the vicinity of Urunga Mt. Moombil is optical for a short while.

I suspect that undulating highway amongst the trees and your low power 
might have been making significant contributions to your lack of 
success. Add to that Coffs Harbour being below the escarpment.

vk2rdo is relatively new and has already created some aprs activity in 
Coffs. It's highly probable that one or more fill-in systems will appear 
in the fullness of time as the needs of the area are assessed by those 
who live there and operate aprs.

Ray vk2tv

On 04/05/11 12:24, David Hardy wrote:
> Thanks all. I was only running 5 W or so, and coverage was good on the
> way up to about Clybucca. Might have to check power output, deviation
> etc to make sure it's all 100%
>
>
>  > Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 16:40:51 +1000
>  > From: vk2tv at exemail.com.au
>  > To: ozaprs at aprs.net.au
>  > Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] Coffs Harbour DIGI
>  >
>  > 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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