[OZAPRS] Digi question
Ray Wells
vk2tv at exemail.com.au
Fri Feb 21 09:22:23 EST 2014
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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