<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt">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. <br><div><span><br></span></div><div style="display: block;" class="yahoo_quoted"> <br> <br> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Sunday, 2 March 2014 8:26 PM, Phil Shields <shields_phil@yahoo.com.au> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv2464988949"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:times new roman, new york, times,
serif;font-size:12pt;"><div>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. <br></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;">i worked fine
in deep gulleys and heavy wooded areas. I would recommend this tracking to 4WDing amateurs for sure.</div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;">Cheers Phil VK2CPR-9<br></div></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>OZAPRS mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:OZAPRS@aprs.net.au" href="mailto:OZAPRS@aprs.net.au">OZAPRS@aprs.net.au</a><br><a href="http://lists.aprs.net.au/mailman/listinfo/ozaprs" target="_blank">http://lists.aprs.net.au/mailman/listinfo/ozaprs</a><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>