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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Been thinking that way but don't have
one ... yet.<br>
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Ray vk2tv<br>
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On 21/02/14 09:41, Andrew Rich wrote:<br>
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lang="EN-US"> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ozaprs-bounces@aprs.net.au">ozaprs-bounces@aprs.net.au</a>
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:ozaprs-bounces@aprs.net.au">mailto:ozaprs-bounces@aprs.net.au</a>] <b><span
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Of </span></b>Ray Wells<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b>
Friday, 21 February 2014
9:22 AM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ozaprs@aprs.net.au">ozaprs@aprs.net.au</a><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b>
Re: [OZAPRS] Digi
question</span></font><font color="black"><span
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style="font-size:12.0pt">Hi All,<br>
<br>
I've done some cut and paste on this and,
thanks for the replies.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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1.<br>
</span></font><font size="2" color="blue"
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic
Sans MS";color:blue">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. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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VK3BA<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt">More or less what I
expected.<br>
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2.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt">You may be able to
fill in big dead spots by using
ARISS if the pass times suit :-)<br>
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73, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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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!!<br>
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3.<br>
Hi Ray,<br>
<br>
I found 2m coverage disappeared between <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Batemans</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Bay</st1:placetype></st1:place>
and Orbost. Around via Wilsons Prom was
patchy, but that's well off the <st1:street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Princes
Hwy</st1:address></st1:street> and away
from the digis.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Gerard - VK2IO<br>
<br>
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".<br>
<br>
4.<br>
Hi Ray, Keith VK2FKJA here and below a
response from my son Trash VK2XSO <br>
<br>
<br>
This is the guy who is responsible for
getting my interest in APRS. <br>
<br>
<br>
Ok... south of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename
w:st="on">Batemans</st1:placename> <st1:placetype
w:st="on">Bay</st1:placetype></st1:place>
there is no APRS
coverage along the coast. <br>
But once across the border into VK3 the
coverage is excellent all the way
to Mt Gambier. <br>
There are a few patches near <st1:city
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Portland</st1:place></st1:city>,
but otherwise its all pretty good. <br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt">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!!<br>
<br>
I'll be going <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address
w:st="on">Great Ocean Road</st1:address></st1:street>
from Torquay to <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Portland</st1:place></st1:city>
so that might throw more difficulty into the
equation.<br>
<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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. <br>
<br>
Thanks guys.<br>
<br>
Ray vk2tv<br>
<br>
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Thursday,
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[OZAPRS]
Digi question<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt">All,<br>
<br>
I'm planning a trip shortly and don't have
time to get 30m installed for <br>
aprs. So the question is what VHF coverage
exists on the <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address
w:st="on">Princess <br>
Highway</st1:address></st1:street> from
Nowra to Mt Gambier and back through <st1:city
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Hamilton</st1:place></st1:city>?<br>
<br>
Ray vk2tv<br>
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