[OZAPRS] 40m gates

[Scott Evans]

The History of HF APRS on 40m stems from our friends in ZL. That was the 
frequency that suited best for their local coverage and so I just setup 
there. Now I'm not up to speed with the ZL band plan (or if there is 
one) but I do recall a problem with the use of digital modes higher up 
the band. Personally I'd prefer to stay on the frequency I'm on purely 
for the fact that it's a known frequency for use in VK/ZL

back in the archives of this mailing list you will find a bit of chatter 
around 2007/2008 for reestablishing either a 40m or 20m network as an 
alternate for VK standard license class as they don't have permission to 
operate on WARC bands. After quite a bit of testing between the two 
bands it was settled that 40m was the better of the two at that time.

just one thing to remember, depending on the tone pair of your HF 
TNC/Tracker most use 1600/1800Hz but some older gear (like the Pakratt 
PK-232) uses 2110/2310Hz this affects your dial frequency. The reference 
to 7.036 LSB is for 1600/1800Hz tones so your dial frequency is 7.036+/- 
and if you are using 2110/2310Hz like me, the dial frequency is 7.036510 
LSB (2110/2310Hz)

Now I'm not going to confuse this any further by quoting center 
frequencies like is done with pactor! :D