Mmmm.....well I have NEVER gotten a position beacon through VK3MY. I just accepted that my signals either never reached him, maybe local noise etc AND me only running 8 watts via a Icom 703 on my motorcycle.<br>But I seem to have made it to many other IGATES with no problem, using my SCS DSP Tracker TNC.<br>
<br>73, Jack VK4JRC-15 HF Motorcycle Mobile.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 4:22 PM, Ray Wells <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:vk2tv@exemail.com.au">vk2tv@exemail.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Ron,<br>
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It matters when we are a part of a global network. Are you seriously suggesting we should abandon a global network and support a station that is off frequency? I think not.<br>
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Can you offer a plausible reason why the "net" station won't fix his end? It seems that everyone knows he's off frequency except the net station. The net frequency is 10147.600 khz, not something else.<br>
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Ray vk2tv<br>
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On 02/07/11 11:50, Ron Perry wrote:<br>
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On Sat, 2011-07-02 at 08:35 +1000, Ray Wells wrote:<br>
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Mike,<br>
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A query re the figures shown at <a href="http://aprs.fi/?c=raw&call=vk6uz-4" target="_blank">http://aprs.fi/?c=raw&call=<u></u>vk6uz-4</a><br>
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VK3MY-4 is shown with a figure of +78 which suggests he is higher in<br>
frequency than a station shown as +50, for example.<br>
<br>
How can this be so when VK3MY-4 is clearly displayed in a waterfall<br>
display as being lower in frequency than almost every other station and<br>
other contributors to this forum have made the same observation?<br>
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I know the figures are relative but that relativity suggests that, given<br>
the number of stations shown as +50, those stations are on the correct<br>
frequency and VK6UZ-4 is not.<br>
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I think we need to decide on a reference (net) station that is on<br>
frequency and from that known reference, every station would be able to<br>
use a waterfall display to net to the reference station. Those simple<br>
steps would eliminate most of the frequency error related problems. In<br>
fact, if one station was the standard, every other station could, by<br>
using a waterfall display, become a pseudo sub-standard - a bit like<br>
calibrating meters.<br>
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The Net station is the *only* one on frequency. All the others are off<br>
frequency. It is a Net frequency. Nothing else matters.<br>
<br>
Ron<br>
vk3ecv<br>
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