[OZAPRS] APRS in Rmote region outside of APRS RF coverage.

[Justin Albury]

I use HAM Tracker on the iPhone while phone is docked in my car kit.  The car kit has a passive antenna connected to a high gain external antenna.  This works VERY well.
Ive done testing side by side with my 10W tinytracker without issues as yet.

Justin Albury
J.Albury Communications
justin at jacomms.com
0417246791

-----Original Message-----
From: ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au [mailto:ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au] On Behalf Of David Uzzell
Sent: Sunday, 14 October 2012 10:24 AM
To: Australian APRS Users
Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] APRS in Rmote region outside of APRS RF coverage.

I have iPhone OpenAPRS and IBCNU etc all for the iPhone to run as well which is great but doesn't solve the long term solution of having it running when I am not even in the car with my iPhone or the coverage is marginal if any at all on the iPhone but GPRS modem can with External Ant get coverage which happens more out this way than most people want to consider. Smartphone tech is only good when good coverage cause they don't come with external Antenna sockets.

I have thought about HF but I don't have the HF rig in the ute full time only when travel on holidays and when this is the case I will certainly be using it, one reason I decided on TT4 cause it is so versitile in doing so many things from digi to tracker and igate etc all in one package.

David Uzzell


On 14/10/2012 9:03 AM, Chris wrote:
> Hi
>
> Try IBCNU app for an iphone.
>
> Best Regards
>
> Chris Herd
>
> On 14/10/2012, at 9:47 AM, Andrew Rich <vk4tec at tech-software.net> wrote:
>
>> I am thinking the same way
>>
>> Using perl to send posits
>>
>> Using eepc and GPRS modem
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> Andrew Rich
>>
>> On 14/10/2012, at 8:41 AM, Liz <edodd at billiau.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 14 Oct 2012 07:13:57 +1000
>>> David Uzzell <david at uzzell.com.au> wrote:
>>>
>>>> So has anyone done or seen this done from a TT4 into a GPRS modem 
>>>> to inject into APRS-IS or know of a way to make it happen?
>>> I've been trying to make this work with variable success, using a 
>>> GPS > Kenwood D710 > Eeepc 701 running xastir > GPRS modem.
>>>
>>> There are more than 4 different points of failure so far, including 
>>> the modem getting overheated on the dash and cutting out.
>>>
>>> So some days it works, and some days it just doesn't. It takes about 
>>> 5 min to get my system started.
>>>
>>> I've got a Neo Freerunner sitting on my desk and am considering 
>>> using that for computer + modem.
>>>
>>> Liz VK2XSE
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David Uzzell

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