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Today's Topics:
1. RE: APRS and the Interstates (Robert Bruninga)
2. Re: aprssig Digest, Vol 35, Issue 8 ( Brian Short, KC?BS )
3. Limitations of D700a (KEVIN KIBBE)
4. D700 Digi Settings for our event (Edwards, Chris)
5. Re: Limitations of D700a (David Rush)
6. RE: Limitations of D700a (Robert Bruninga)
7. RE: Limitations of D700a (Robert Bruninga)
8. Re: D700 Digi Settings for our event (Patrick Gardella)
9. Re: D700 Digi Settings for our event (Chris Rose)
10. Re: Limitations of D700a (Jason D. Triolo)
11. APRS in KC Floods? (M J)
12. RE: APRS Help (Robert Bruninga)
13. Re: Limitations of D700a (Floyd Rodgers)
14. RE: D700 Digi Settings for our event (Robert Bruninga)
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 13:25:49 -0400
From: "Robert Bruninga" <bruninga_at_usna.edu>
Subject: RE: [aprssig] APRS and the Interstates
>--- Robert Bruninga <bruninga_at_usna.edu> wrote:
>>The biggest bang for the buck is the Interstates.
>>... serve the traveling ham community where they
>>need it most.
>
>On that note, I live 10 miles from Interstate with a
>Digi right along it.....What would you like to see as
>your traveling down Interstate?
>What objects, etc would be beneficial?
Absolutely, the locally reecommended travelers voice repeater for that
area. The packet/object should be direct and appear as an object with the
FREQUENCY as the object name so that it appears right there in the list of
nearby objects on the radio front panel.
Please see how to do it:
http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/localinfo.html
Bob, WB4APR
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 13:32:52 -0500
From: " Brian Short, KC?BS " <kcshorty_at_gmail.com>
Subject: [aprssig] Re: aprssig Digest, Vol 35, Issue 8
As the Hi-Jacker of KCAPRS, I will tell you the organization, which had
fallen into disuse at the hands of KU0G, now has over 160 members, and is
very active. The new organization has been instrumental in bringing new
software to the users, and getting it installed on a wide userbase
throughout Kansas & Missouri, and creating a welcoming cooperative
environment, rather than a policing organization. We have also been the
first organization to make overlay files available with repeater data from
Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Nebraska, & South Dakota. I encourage anyone
who is interested in moving the hobby forward to check out our website,
www.kcaprs.org and join us. Prior to our "hi-jack" the website hadn't been
updated in years, and no one in KC was involved.
I will not say anything about KU0G, because if you know him, or have ever
dealt with him, I don't need to.
KC0BS
Brian Short
KCAPRS.org Coordinator.
>Subject: RE: [aprssig] Kansas APRS SAR?
>To: "'TAPR APRS Mailing List'" <aprssig_at_lists.tapr.org>
>Message-ID: <000001c791ec$96c46070$6401a8c0_at_desktop>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1250
>
>Coordination sounds like a great idea. Could be really useful in both busy
>and not so busy areas.
>
>Ian N8IK
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: aprssig-bounces_at_lists.tapr.org [mailto:
>aprssig-bounces_at_lists.tapr.org]
>On Behalf Of Jim Duncan
>Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 9:59 PM
>To: TAPR APRS Mailing List
>Subject: Re: [aprssig] Kansas APRS SAR?
>
>Ian wrote:
>
>>What does it mean to "coordinate" a digipeater? Are these all WIDE digis
>>with enough distance between them?
>>
>>73, Ian N8IK
>
>I'll answer that one... Back in 1994 the major digipeater owners in
>western Missouri and south/southwest Iowa met at a truck stop in
>Eagleville, Missouri. The purpose of that meeting was to coordinate our
>digipeater placements so we could manage the number of WIDE's and place
>them in strategic locations (high ground, good antennas, reasonable
>spacing). At this time APRS was in its infancy in this region of the
>country.
>
>KU0G (your humble responder) was User #1 in the Kansas City area, first
>going on-the-air in January, 1993. That was soon followed by the
>installation of Kansas City's first WIDE (WV0T-9). Mike Rosenbloom
>(N0GGU) and another ham related to him (I think it was his dad but don't
>hold me to that) already had a system of four WIDES covering the area
>from Graham, MO, well up into Iowa. We all got together and discussed
>how best to cover the primary highways to allow a mobile to pick up
>coverage from the next WIDE just as he would be running out of the
>coverage circle of the last one. From those plans grew the first
>"coordination" of APRS Digipeaters (anywhere in the U.S. that I'm aware
>of).
>
>Shortly after this (January, 1995) a group of interest hams met in my
>home and chartered the Kansas City APRS Working Group and established
>the club to promote APRS and help build the network of digipeaters in
>this area. We also established the KCAWG website at www.kcaprs.org.
>Unfortunately, being not too familiar with domain name ownership our
>domain name was not registered as OWNED by the club and after an effort
>on the club's part to migrate to a new server we were locked out by the
>gentleman (and I use that term LOOSELY) who had been providing the
>website server space. He refused to relinquish control and we didn't
>have the $2000 up-front bond required to initiate a dispute of ownership
>with ICATE (is that the right acronym for the people who control all
>domains and so forth?).
>
>Fast forward to 2002... By this time there were a number of digipeaters
>starting to crop up and KCAWG began serving as a coordinating body for
>APRS digipeaters. While nobody was ever turned down, we wanted to ensure
>that we didn't end up with a WIDE on every corner and that such
>digipeaters would meet certain coverage standards before being certified
>as "coordinated." KCAWG was loosely responsible for coordinating
>digipeaters within a 120 mile radius of Kansas City. While we really
>weren't interested in anything beyond a reasonable reach of KC,
>primarily because we didn't feel that it was appropriate to reach beyond
>the range of our primary operating area we did end up as somewhat of a
>clearing house for APRS digipeaters in Missouri and Kansas.
>
>Just prior to the highjacking of the clubs website and domain name we
>had actually begun formally registering digipeaters, hence the table
>your see in the current website. The initial information in that table
>was started by me in 2000. They even had the audacity to place the
>KCAWG's callsign (W0APR) on their website trying to make it look like
>just a friendly change of direction by the club. Needless to say, they
>were told to remove the call as they were not approved to use it by the
>KCAWG (which still exists, on paper at least!).
>
>FWIW: I had a "keep my mouth shut" agreement (verbal) with the guys who
>instigated the website take-over (they weren't even members of KCAWG!)
>which was given with the understanding that at a point six months to a
>year down the road that I would be brought into the "new organization."
>Suffice it to say, THEIR part of the bargain hasn't been kept and I no
>longer feel any particular reason to keep my end after waiting for 3
>years for an invitation that is obviously not coming nor was probably
>never planned to come!
>
>OK, that's probably a MUCH longer answer than you wanted but, as Paul
>Harvey says: "Now you know the REST of the story!"
>
>Jim Duncan, KU0G
>Chairman and Coordinator
>Kansas City APRS Working Group
>
>P.S. Now people will understand a little more why I have been very low
>key on APRS the past three years (of course graduate school and two
>advanced degrees played SOME part!)...
--
Brian Short, KCØBS
JOCO ARES EC ks0jc.com, k0ham.com, ksrepeater.com, kcaprs.com
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 15:04:03 -0400 (EDT)
From: KEVIN KIBBE <kkibbe_at_rogers.com>
Subject: [aprssig] Limitations of D700a
I plan to purchase a Kenwood d700a (at Dayton) but I would like to hear
some reasons why I might not want to. One of the reasons I like the idea of
this radio is that I don't have to have a separate
radio/tnc/display/computer in my Jeep. I can use my GPS display to plot and
the radios display to read info. I am looking forward to seeing the new
Hamhud V and I plan to look at it's features before I buy the Kenwood.
It is a shame that Kenwood didn't make the firmware upgradeable, if it was
the purchase of the radio would be a no brainer imho.
So what cool features of APRS will I miss if I go with the d700a? I
understand that Kenwood is about to have a new aprs radio but I like the
price of the d700a these days at sub $500.
Kevin
VA3SU
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 14:30:56 -0500
From: "Edwards, Chris" <cedwards_at_trane.com>
Subject: [aprssig] D700 Digi Settings for our event
I have looked on the net and tried to find the function keys, etc needed to
program a d700 for a digi. We will be using several at our event in Georgia
on June 3rd and needed to send everyone the info. Is there a good place to
get that info, as in step by step?
Chris
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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 09 May 2007 13:34:34 -0600
From: David Rush <david_at_rushtone.com>
Subject: Re: [aprssig] Limitations of D700a
Kevin:
I've experience with various trackers (TinyTrak, OpenTracker,
PocketTracker) and the HamHUD (II), and a little experience with the
Kenwoods. I'll put in my $.02. Here are some notable things you get with
some of the non-Kenwood options:
Upgradeable firmware.
SmartBeaconing(TM) is a wonderful thing. Much better than a fixed rate
that never changes with motion.
Big red "beacon now" button on the HamHUD (vs. multi-small-button
combinations on the Kenwoods). This may be a minor thing, but it is handy.
Upgradeable firmware.
Panache of having built something yourself (HamHUD, *tra(c)k(er) kits).
In my particular installation (also a Jeep), the voice rig is down
relatively low, yet the HamHUD sits nicely on the dash and is easily
seen while driving.
Upgradeable firmware.
Hardware that reliably comes on when power is applied.
Oh, and did I mention upgradeable firmware?
73, David, ky7dr
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