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<div>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>
<br>
<br>
1.<br>
<font size="2" color="#0000ff" face="Comic Sans MS">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. </font></div>
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<div><font size="2" color="#0000ff" face="Comic Sans MS">Cheers,</font></div>
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<div>Nik Presser<br>
VK3BA</div>
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More or less what I expected.<br>
<br>
2.<br>
<div>Ray,</div>
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You may be able to fill in big dead spots by using ARISS if the pass
times suit :-)<br>
<br>
73,
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Jack VK4JRC</div>
<div><br>
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>
<br>
3.<br>
Hi Ray,<br>
<br>
I found 2m coverage disappeared between Batemans Bay and Orbost.
Around via Wilsons Prom was patchy, but that's well off the
Princes Hwy 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 Batemans Bay 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 Portland, but otherwise its all
pretty good.
<br>
<br>
<br>
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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 Great Ocean Road from Torquay to Portland 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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20, 2014 11:55 AM</div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> [OZAPRS] Digi
question</div>
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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
Princess <br>
Highway from Nowra to Mt Gambier and back through Hamilton?<br>
<br>
Ray vk2tv<br>
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