[OZAPRS] Project Horus Repeater Flight this Sunday

Josh Mesilane zindello at chibiko.net
Wed Apr 11 14:30:15 EST 2012


Actually on re-reading my original statement was correct. Too many things
going on at once at work. Ignore me, carry on :)

On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 2:29 PM, Josh Mesilane <zindello at chibiko.net> wrote:

> 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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