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ozaprs-bounces@aprs.net.au [mailto:ozaprs-bounces@aprs.net.au] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Phil Shields<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Sunday, 2 March 2014 7:36 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Phil Shields; Australian APRS
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [OZAPRS] HF test</span></font><span
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>I had to
"force beacon" the Tiny Trak in the rough terrain by disconnecting
and reconnecting the power to it about 6 times. This is because I became
unsure near the end as one track petered out, lucky I had VK2TRL Ron on 2 mx
tracking me on the APRS.fi map. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>On
Sunday, 2 March 2014 8:26 PM, Phil Shields <shields_phil@yahoo.com.au>
wrote:</span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>I tested HF
APRS today on 30Mx around (a simple area of) the Vic high country. I have a
lifted 1992 Hylux fitted with a Hi-Q screwdriver antenna, Icom IC702 and Tiny
Trak3. It went well even in the roughest terrain. I found my beacon timing was
far too slow for 4WDing. I originally had it set at 1600 sec on low and 900 sec
on high speed. This was unsuitable because most 4WDing is done at 10Km/hr in
the high country (at least where I go anyway) any faster and you wreck the
machine. I found that low of 50 km/hr at 600 sec and high of 70km/hr at 900 sec
works fine. High could be even faster because I know how to get there but once
in i need low and slow. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:9.5pt;color:black'>i worked fine in deep gulleys and heavy
wooded areas. I would recommend this tracking to 4WDing amateurs for sure.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:9.5pt;color:black'>Cheers Phil VK2CPR-9<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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