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Subject: International Aprs Tracking
From: "Pat Barthelow" <aa6eg@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 16:36:13 -0800
X-Message-Number: 12
Folks,
I am learning about APRS tracking maps, and have seen them on sites
referenced from findu.com.
I noticed a number of ham stations apparently trekking in China, oft in
remote areas. In anticipation of APRS use during the Drive around the world
expedition,
(see http://www.drivearoundtheworld.com ) and
http://www.lgwt.com/lgcover.shtml
I hope/wonder if all those stations plotted in China have reciprocal
licenses. I have heard that the licensing in China is extremely tightly
regulated.
If not, then I worry that use of APRS while unlicensed in the country used,
can cause probems (esp to future travellers in that country) if discovered
and not liked by the host country.
What Say?
Pat aa6eg@hotmail.com
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Subject: Re: International Aprs Tracking
From: WA8LMF2@aol.com
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 20:21:41 EST
X-Message-Number: 13
In a message dated 3/18/2003 4:37:49 PM Pacific Standard Time,
aa6eg@hotmail.com writes:
>I hope/wonder if all those stations plotted in China have reciprocal
>licenses. I have heard that the licensing in China is extremely tightly
>regulated.
I wondeer if the stations are in China at all. I would doubt that the APRS
digipeater and Internet igate infrastructure exist at all there, especially
in the remoter areas.
I suspect the stations are elsewhere. For example, they may have forgotton
to use negative degrees entering their longitude in the western hemisphere
while setting up a fixed location, or had their coords mangled by defective
Mic-E decoding ( a common occurence -- have you ever noticed the number of
cars in the ocean off the Azores?! ) or incorrectly set TNCs. The only way
I could imagine APRS posits reaching the Internet from the China interior
would be by satellite!
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