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Subject: Re: Long distance wireless APRS
From: "Rich Garcia" <k4gps@bellsouth.net>
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 15:02:38 -0400
X-Message-Number: 47
First thing I have done when I purchased several D-Link products is
a) Connected soldering iron
b) Connected and powered up wi-fi product to make sure I don't have a out of
box failure
c) Disconnected 802.11 device
d) Removed original antenna connector and re-installed a standard N Female.
It is much less expensive to replace the reverse connectors with a quality
N connector than to buy the special jumpers (which also add loss) and it is
much easyer to reach into the junk box late at night or on the weekend and
find a N connector than a reverse SMA or TNC. Most of my feedline is 1/2
hardline and all of my jumpers are N to N male so it makes it very easy to
work with.
Rich K4GPS
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Subject: Re: 802.11x two serial ports.... 802.11 APRS ?
From: Jeff King <jeff@aerodata.net>
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 14:04:30 -0500 (CDT)
X-Message-Number: 48
You also might look at this:
http://www.radio-active.net.au/web/gpsaprs/APRS80211.pdf
Quoting "J. Lance Cotton" <joe@lightningflash.net>:
>Yes, but it requires a server to connect to. An interesting application
>
>would be to send APRS-IS packets not to some server via a TCP connection but
>to send them via UDP broadcast, which when run over 802.11b would the
>high-speed equivalent of today's AX.25 UI non-connected packets.
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Subject: Re: GPS Watch -- does anyone know anything about it??
From: "Stephen H. Smith" <WA8LMF2@aol.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 12:06:47 -0700
X-Message-Number: 49
Juergen Frank wrote on 4/30/2004, 11:34 AM:
>Hello Stephen,
>
>the one wthout serial interface is the Forerunner 101 (runs on 2x AAA):
>http://www.garmin.com/products/forerunner101/
>
>There's also a Forerunner 201, which has the RS-232 (runs on LiIon):
>http://www.garmin.com/products/forerunner201/
>
>And there are the two ForeTrex units:
>http://www.garmin.com/products/foretrex101/
>http://www.garmin.com/products/foretrex201/
>both with RS-232
Just after I posted the original message, I visited the Garmin website
and found out about the serial ports (retail blister-pack packaging made
it impossible to see the back of the unit). Naturally, the unit has a
screwball Garmin-unique connector consisting of 4 in-line round contact
pads on the back of the unit intended to mate with a drop-in desk charger.
[ Pfanc/ Purple Computing -- are you listening ???]
I even downloaded the PDF owners manual for the ForeTrex but it has
absolutely no info on the serial port other than to identify it on a
picture of the back of the unit; i.e. does it output standard 4800-8-N-1
NMEA or does it only work with some proprietary software provided by
Garmin ?
Stephen H. Smith wa8lmf (at) aol.com
Home Page: http://wa8lmf.com
Ham Radio/Mobile SSTV page: http://members.aol.com/wa8lmf/ham
APRS Stuff
http://members.aol.com/wa8lmf/aprs
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Subject: Re: UNPROTO
From: "Stephen H. Smith" <WA8LMF2@aol.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 12:15:16 -0700
X-Message-Number: 50
Robbie - WA9INF wrote on 4/30/2004, 11:33 AM:
>Hi Steve,
>
>Interesting reading and with the comments I almost thought I was on the
>trip with you, thanks..
>
>Quick question, what UNPROTO path did you use, and did you stay with it
>the whole trip..
RELAY, WIDE2-2 for the whole trip once I left California. This was a
major change from last year where I frequently had to switch to plain
old dumb RELAY, WIDE, WIDE. This year WIDEn-N support seems to have
become ubiquitous.
Of course, as soon as I came over the mountain peaks on I-15 between Las
Vegas and California on the way home, i had to remove RELAY from the
path to work in SoCal's oddball WIDEn-N-only,no-response-to-RELAY-at-all
digi network.
Stephen H. Smith wa8lmf (at) aol.com
Home Page: http://wa8lmf.com
Ham Radio/Mobile SSTV page: http://members.aol.com/wa8lmf/ham
APRS Stuff
http://members.aol.com/wa8lmf/aprs
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Subject: RE: Long distance wireless APRS
From: "Larry Cerney" <lcerney@viawest.net>
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 13:16:48 -0600
X-Message-Number: 51
Carl,
Look into a pair of 802.11 bridges. With moderate gain yagi's you should be
able to make the path just fine as long as you have line of sight and
nothing in your Fresnel Zone.
Check out a pair of
http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?prid=603&scid=36
Or
http://www.netgear.com/products/details/ME101.php?view=
or
http://www.dlink.com/products/resource.asp?pid=267&rid=790
Some are better than others. Check around.
Larry
K0ANI
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Subject: Re: 7-Channel NWR-SAME Weatheradio with USB Interface
From: "Rich Garcia" <k4gps@arrl.net>
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 15:27:07 -0400
X-Message-Number: 52
This looks like a really neat item for not only APRS use but also possibly
repeater use! 5 minutes of weather may be a bit much, wish they would make a
feature to increase or decrease the ammount of time the speaker/contacts are
active. I guess someone with programing knowledge could interface this unit
to something like EchoStation or APRS and accomplish it that way.
Rich
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Subject: RE: Cross-country drive and APRS coverage report
From: "Cap Pennell" <cap@cruzio.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 12:26:51 -0700
X-Message-Number: 53
Agreed. FB! And I'm glad to see your path of only WIDE2-2 being used. On
a trip from here (Central California coast) through Barstow, CA to Santa Fe,
NM and Las Cruces, NM and back through LA last Christmas, I found setting my
digipath to only WIDE2-2 worked quite well on the entire trip. Longer or
broader paths weren't needed for being seen on the internet or on VHF RF in
the relevant area and beyond. The continuing build-out of the WIDEn-N
network makes this truer than ever.
I think it's already safe to say at least everything West of the Rockies in
the continental US is now WIDEn-N capable. WIDE2-2 or TRACE2-2 alone work
just fine for most, including digis and WX stations, without causing
duplicate packets or excessive bandwidth consumption of our limited VHF
channel capacity.
Thanks!
73, Cap KE6AFE
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Subject: [Fwd: Re: 7-Channel NWR-SAME Weatheradio with USB Interface]
From: Claude Head <k5dtn@swbell.net>
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 16:44:36 -0500
X-Message-Number: 54
This was my reply to Mark's original post on 2004/04/20. The unit is a
Radio Shack product.
73, Claude k5dtn
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [aprssig] Re: 7-Channel NWR-SAME Weatheradio with USB Interface
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 09:16:36 -0500
From: Claude Head <k5dtn@swbell.net>
Reply-To: Claude Head <k5dtn@swbell.net>
To: "TAPR APRS Special Interest Group" <aprssig@lists.tapr.org>
CC: TAPR APRS Special Interest Group <aprssig@lists.tapr.org>
References:
<LYR9746-194858-2004.04.20-03.11.47--k5dtn#swbell.net@lists.tapr.org>
I've had one for a couple of months. It works well. The USB allows
programming of the receiver (fips codes, frequencies, etc) from the
computer and provides a popup screen with the text message for any watches
or warnings. A summary file of these watches and warnings stays on the
computer until you delete it. The display on the receiver itself keeps a
count down timer going for any watches or warnings until they expire. With
no watches or warnings it shows the channel it is tuned to. The manual is
pretty good.
All told, I'm happy with it. Let me know if you have further questions
about it.
73, Claude Head
K5DTN
Dallas, TX
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Subject: ping again
From: wes@johnston.net
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 22:49:02 -0400 (EDT)
X-Message-Number: 55
ping again
ham callsign: kd4rdb
find me: http://wesvan.zapto.org
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Subject: Re: D7 Antenna mods
From: "Kurt O. Jauss" <kf6hjo@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 20:03:50 -0700
X-Message-Number: 56
DUCT TAPE!
wes@johnston.net wrote:
>Now we need a fix for when you drop it and break the battery retaining clips
>off the back... :-(
>
>Wes
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