[OZAPRS] Digi question

[Ray Wells]

Hi All,

I've done some cut and paste on this and, thanks for the replies.

I had already looked at digi footprints (where they exist) and came to 
some conclusions about coverage, but there's nothing like first-hand 
accounts.



1.
G'day Ray, there's nil coverage from Mt Gambier until about 20km west of 
Hamilton by which time you should be able to go through the Mt William 
Digi.
> Cheers,
> Nik Presser
> VK3BA
More or less what I expected.

2.
Ray,

You may be able to fill in big dead spots by using ARISS if the pass 
times suit :-)

73,

Jack VK4JRC

I did think about ISS but not very practical this time around although I 
do have 145.825 programmed into the two-channel Tait T500 and adding a 
switch to the TT3+ to utilise the auxiliary configs wouldn't be rocket 
science. Maybe less procrastination!!

3.
Hi Ray,

I found 2m coverage disappeared between Batemans Bay and Orbost. Around 
via Wilsons Prom was patchy, but that's well off the Princes Hwy and 
away from the digis.

Cheers,
Gerard - VK2IO

That kinda fits with what I concluded from digi footprints although I 
wondered about brief paths from high locations/gaps in the hills sort of 
stuff to provide the occasional "hit".

4.
Hi Ray, Keith VK2FKJA here and below a response from my son Trash VK2XSO


This is the guy who is responsible for getting my interest in APRS.


Ok... south of Batemans Bay there is no APRS coverage along the coast.
But once across the border into VK3 the coverage is excellent  all the 
way to Mt Gambier.
There are a few patches near Portland, but otherwise its all pretty good.


I see a chain of command here Keith. It was me that got Trash interested 
in aprs when I met him outside the TankFM studio in Kempsey a number of 
years back. I really planted the seed, hi. Trash and I go back maybe a 
hundred years or so in AR!!

I'll be going Great Ocean Road from Torquay to Portland so that might 
throw more difficulty into the equation.


Last night my principal thinking chamber (my bed) provided the idea of 
using wireless broadband for those difficult locations. According to 
Camps Australia there is respectable 3G coverage around the coast so 
maybe my GPS, 3G dongle and a RPi, or nurse the laptop which already has 
xastir installed. Much food for though, so little time to digest it.

30m is the way to go but it's not my car. The really difficult part, 
however, is not getting permission from SWMBO, but how to mount an 
antenna, the shape and body style of the vehicle (Hyundai ix35) being 
far from friendly. The bonnet sides slope, ruling out a "Z" mount or 
similar and the hatchback prevents mounting off the towbar, etc.

Thanks guys.

Ray vk2tv


>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* Ray Wells <mailto:vk2tv at exemail.com.au>
>     *To:* Australian APRS Users <mailto:ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
>     *Sent:* Thursday, February 20, 2014 11:55 AM
>     *Subject:* [OZAPRS] Digi question
>
>     All,
>
>     I'm planning a trip shortly and don't have time to get 30m
>     installed for
>     aprs. So the question is what VHF coverage exists on the Princess
>     Highway from Nowra to Mt Gambier and back through Hamilton?
>
>     Ray vk2tv
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