Norm & all.<br><br>Yep, I have been wondering about that. The xcvr has a 'monitor' function button, which holds open the squelch when pressed. Worst comes to worst, one could rig the HT to be able to manually switch that.<br>
<br>In my limited experimentation so-far though, the squelch will open fast enough to enable decodes of reasonably strong packets. I am using AGWPE and a PC sound card to do the decodes - feeding UI-View32 and/or Ozi/NetAPRS. On the input to the HT, I am using a twin-lead 'slim jim' antenna & sma-bnc adapter.<br>
<br>Will see if my isolating sound card interface screws everything up....... ;-)<br><br>Nev. B<br><br clear="all">___________________<br>Nev. Blyth, VK1HNB<br>Canberra, ACT, Australia<br><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/8/24 <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:vk3xci@aanet.com.au">vk3xci@aanet.com.au</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
"I've been there, done that, got the badge" with the little Qaunsheng. It<br>
has a fatal flaw. It has a sleep mode on receive which I haven't been able<br>
to defeat. It means you miss the first bit of received packets which of<br>
course then don't decode.<br>
<br>
OK for a simple tracker if you're not sending posits back to the GPS. My<br>
own set up was Garmin 12 (oooold) GPS, OT1 "modem" and said Quansheng HT.<br>
<br>
If any one has found a way to defeat the sleep mode I'd be more than happy<br>
to hear from you.<br>
<br>
Norm, VK3XCI<br>
<br>
> Andrew,<br>
><br>
> I have purchased a cheap Quansheng 2m HT for APRS purposes (AU$119) - has<br>
> Kenwood standard external mic/speaker connections, for which I am<br>
> currently<br>
> building a PC sound card interface for. See <a href="http://www.hamshack.com.au" target="_blank">www.hamshack.com.au</a>.<br>
><br>
> Sensitivity and selectivity at 145.175 seems excellent, and great little<br>
> SMA-BNC adapters for external antenna connection are available.<br>
><br>
> Will post to the list how I get on.<br>
> ___________________<br>
> Nev. Blyth, VK1HNB<br>
> Canberra, ACT, Australia<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> 2009/8/22 Andrew Rich (Home) <<a href="mailto:vk4tec@tech-software.net">vk4tec@tech-software.net</a>><br>
><br>
>> Hello<br>
>><br>
>> I am lookign for a HT for the car to work with a opentracker kit.<br>
>><br>
>> Can anyone recommend ?<br>
>><br>
>> I see ebay has quite a few.<br>
>><br>
>> Andrew's Comms ?<br>
>><br>
>> Which ones has PTT on headphone socket ?<br>
>><br>
>> Recent purchase ?<br>
>><br>
>><br>
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