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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Mobile beaconing over Christmas break (Ray Wells)
2. Re: Mobile beaconing over Christmas break (Ray Wells)
3. Re Mobile beaconing over Christmas break (Grant)
4. Re: Re Mobile beaconing over Christmas break (Ben Lindner)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:16:36 +1100
From: Ray Wells <vk2tv@exemail.com.au>
Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] Mobile beaconing over Christmas break
To: VK / ZL APRS Users <ozaprs@aprs.net.au>
Hi Geoff,
I did some coverage plots for various digis in SEQ, and vk4rgo was
included. If I do anther plot just on 4rgo, can I ftp it to you as per
last time?
Also, if I can have a bit of data (coordinates, antenna height, and
power) about vk2zen I'll do a plot for it as well. That offer holds for
any of the digi sites, no2 just vk2zen.
If nothing else it would be nice to compare plots with in-field
observations.
Ray vk2tv
Geoff wrote:
> >Hi Everyone,
> >
> >
> >
> >With the Christmas holiday period fast approaching, and our national APRS
> >network maturing and providing more and more coverage, I'm wondering how
> >many users out there will be mobile between states and into areas with
> >little to no VHF APRS coverage..
> >
> >
> >
> >We're interested to see what the ACTUAL coverage of some of the 'fringe'
> >digipeaters is. Some examples are
> >
> >a) The Northern section of NSW - There is a digipeater on the Gold
> >Coast (VK4RGO) that has coverage down towards Ballina,,, how far does it
> >actually extend??
> >
> >
> >
> >b) Coverage north of Newcastle - How far out towards Singleton and
> >Forster does the new digipeater at Maitland cover ??
> >
> >
> >
> >c) Coverage down the South Coast - How far does VK2AMW-2 and VK2TVZ
> >really cover ??
> >
> >
> >
> >d) Where are the real dead spots between Adelaide and the VK3 border ?
> >
> >
> >
> >So if you are driving around over the Chrismas break, please DON'T turn off
> >your APRS beacons just because there may not be any digipeaters nearby..
> >
> >There are some active plots happening of the actual coverage so every beacon
> >sent in these fringe areas counts, and will help us plan future digipeater
> >sites
> >
> >
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Geoff VK2XJG
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:18:35 +1100
From: Ray Wells <vk2tv@exemail.com.au>
Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] Mobile beaconing over Christmas break
To: VK / ZL APRS Users <ozaprs@aprs.net.au>
Damien Gardner Jnr wrote:
> >Well I don't know if it helps, but I'm doing Melbourne->Murringo (~80km
> >north of yass), Murringo->Canberra, Canberra->Wyong, Wyong->Port Mac,
> >Port Mac->Wyong between Chrissy and Newyear, then
> >Wyong->Wollongong->Bega->Melb the week after newyear.. Though it'll be
> >via the D7 so not a lot of power output (and especially the port mac
> >stretch, as that'll be totally handheld in the GF's car - not much
> >chance of talking her into taking the non-aircon'd 13L/100km sluglux
> >instead of her 5l/100km astra ;) )..
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >DG
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: ozaprs-bounces@aprs.net.au [mailto:ozaprs-bounces@aprs.net.au] On
> >Behalf Of Geoff
> >Sent: Thursday, 13 December 2007 8:31 PM
> >To: 'VK / ZL APRS Users'
> >Subject: [OZAPRS] Mobile beaconing over Christmas break
> >
> >
Gee, I really should get VK2RMC-1 on an antenna by Christmas. It will
provide some (patchy) coverage in Port Macquarie.
Ray vk2tv
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:36:57 +1030
From: "Grant" <grant.willis@internode.on.net>
Subject: [OZAPRS] Re Mobile beaconing over Christmas break
To: <ozaprs@aprs.net.au>
To answer your question about APRS between VK3 and Adelaide, I typically run
a D700 and 50W and find that the last echo's heard are around Nhill heading
from VK3 to VK5, and they dont start again until about Coonalpyn via the Mt
Beevor repeater VK5RMB.
Best Regards,
Grant VK5ZWI
--
Merry Christmas to All from Grant & Sharon - see our lights at
christmas.darkeyrie.net
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 06:48:01 +1030
From: Ben Lindner <vk5jfk@activ8.net.au>
Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] Re Mobile beaconing over Christmas break
To: VK / ZL APRS Users <ozaprs@aprs.net.au>
If people are venturing down to the SE of Sth Aust there is a digi down
here ( VK5JFK-1 ) which is part of the VK3 network.
Ben Lindner
VK5JFK
Grant wrote:
> > To answer your question about APRS between VK3 and Adelaide, I typically run
> > a D700 and 50W and find that the last echo's heard are around Nhill heading
> > from VK3 to VK5, and they dont start again until about Coonalpyn via the Mt
> > Beevor repeater VK5RMB.
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > Grant VK5ZWI
> > --
> > Merry Christmas to All from Grant & Sharon - see our lights at
> > christmas.darkeyrie.net
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