[OZAPRS] Status of the HF network ?

Carlos Peco-Berrocal carlos.peco at gmail.com
Thu Nov 9 20:20:06 AEDT 2017


Next time I go to your place you have to explain me how to do it.

Not a problem buying a $300 kit put together by someone, that is
great. What I don't want to do is to end buying something proprietary
I can not tinker with, I have plenty of that already.

cheers
Carlos


On 11/9/17, Glen English VK1XX <glenlist at pacificmedia.com.au> wrote:
> Carlos
>
> Have a look at dire wolf
>
> you can run it on an $20 ARM  platform....(like I do)
>
> drawing 1/2 a watt....
>
> and it does 300 baud HF.....
>
> real easy
>
> it's what ginini will be shortly, and isaacs... and and and
>
>
> On 9/11/2017 7:57 PM, Carlos Peco-Berrocal wrote:
>> Thanks Andrew/Mark,
>>
>> Yep, I found that APRSDroid does 1200 bps only. I will explore the
>> OpenTrackerUSB option, sounds interesting to me !
>>
>> 73
>> Carlos VK1EA
>>
>>
>> On 11/9/17, Mark Jessop <lenniethelemming at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Looking through the APRS Droid options, I don't see the ability to
>>> generate
>>> 300 baud APRS (call it whatever you want, FSK or AFSK) output.
>>> In fact, there are no baud rate settings at all, just the choice between
>>> 'Internet' (APRS-IS), and 'Audio' (which I'm assuming is 1200 baud FSK,
>>> intended for use with a FM transceiver).
>>>
>>> There appears to be an iPhone/iPad application 'APRSPro' which may do 300
>>> baud APRS, but I a cursory google search hasn't found an equivalent
>>> Android
>>> application.
>>>
>>> Within my car I've used an OpenTrackerUSB configured into 300 baud mode,
>>> hooked into my Codan NGT SRx. These units are TX only however. At about
>>> AUD$50-60, it's fairly cheap way of getting HF APRS beaconing going.
>>> For a receiver, I'd probably recommend using Direwolf.
>>>
>>> 73
>>> Mark VK5QI
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 6:20 PM, Andrew Rich <vk4tec at tech-software.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> AFSK on Ssb results in fsk
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>> On 9 Nov 2017, at 6:17 pm, Carlos Peco-Berrocal <carlos.peco at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Andrew,
>>>>
>>>> For HF as well ?
>>>>
>>>> I thought it was AFSK tones for VHF only
>>>>
>>>> cheers
>>>> Carlos
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Le jeudi 9 novembre 2017, Andrew Rich <vk4tec at tech-software.net> a écrit
>>>> :
>>>>> Aprs droid
>>>>> Google
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>> On 9 Nov 2017, at 5:38 pm, Carlos Peco-Berrocal <carlos.peco at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Thanks Peter,
>>>>>
>>>>> Any suggestion about how to generate APRS-FSK with android/windows ?
>>>>>
>>>>> cheers
>>>>> Carlos
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Le jeudi 9 novembre 2017, Peter Wicklein <vk3tbn at hotmail.com> a écrit :
>>>>>> Mostly FSK and a few stations using robust packet
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Peter
>>>>>>
>>>>>> VK3TBN
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sent from my Windows 10 phone
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ________________________________
>>>>>> From: OZAPRS <ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au> on behalf of Carlos
>>>> Peco-Berrocal <carlos.peco at gmail.com>
>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, November 9, 2017 4:17:17 PM
>>>>>> To: Australian APRS Users
>>>>>> Subject: [OZAPRS] Status of the HF network ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A couple of questions:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - What is the current status of the HF APRS network ? is people using
>>>>>> FSK or that is something of the past and everybody moved to PSK63 or
>>>>>> the likes of ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - Which software do you recommend for HF APRS operation using a tablet
>>>>>> (windows/android)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> thanks,
>>>>>> Carlos VK1EA
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