[OZAPRS] Project Horus Repeater Flight this Sunday

[Josh Mesilane]

Correction, aren't*

On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Josh Mesilane <zindello at chibiko.net> wrote:

> At 300mW I don't think the Horus guys are going to have a problem getting
> in to either a Digi or an IGate
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 2:25 PM, Mark Jessop <lenniethelemming at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>>  300mW. We've always flown WIDE2-1 in the past, with success.
>> We've often been able to get into an igate via VK5RSC during the final
>> stages of descent, so I don't think we'll have a problem.
>>
>> - Mark VK5QI
>>
>>
>> On 11/04/12 1:54 PM, Josh Mesilane wrote:
>>
>> With the height that the Horus guys get on their baloons, I don't think
>> that only going via one digi is going to be a problem :) They'll most
>> likely be hitting multiple digis across a very very wide area. You have to
>> remember that they'll have line of sight to quite a large geographical area
>> once the payload is in the air, and any path other than a WIDE2-1 could
>> very easily flood the network.
>>
>> Mark/Grant how much power are you running on the APRS payload?
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 2:18 PM, Tony Hunt <wavetel at internode.on.net>wrote:
>>
>>> Grant.. WIDE2-1 wont guarantee a path into an Igate for you. Try
>>> WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1 which is 2 hops via a fillin digi if needed. This is
>>> particularly relavant when your working from the East VK5/3 border and into
>>> 5RMB 5BRC . Although 5RLD has been a bigger help in the past over there.
>>>
>>> Hope it all works out. I will probably be in Renmark so might listen in
>>> to it all.
>>>
>>> Tony Hunt VK5AH
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- :
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> VK5ARG-11 will also fly on APRS on 145.175 - beaconing to WIDE2-1 (so
>>>> that it makes it into an I-Gate)
>>>>
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