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Subject: APRS FINDU game.
From: Bob Bruninga <bruninga@usna.edu>
Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 19:20:27 -0400 (EDT)
X-Message-Number: 14
APRS FINDU game:
In, around, and enroute to Dayton, keep several QSL cards handy or under
your windshield wipers or somewhere visible on your car while parked.
Mark these cards as "TX". (If it rains, have a ZIP-LOK bag).
Find as many other APRS cars that you can, take a "TX" card and LEAVE an
"RX" card (put "RX" on your card). Mark the date/time on the TX card.
The winner of the APRS FINDU contest is the person that can collect as
many TX cards as possible.
The contest ENDS at 5 PM on Saturday, BEFORE You get to the Marions Pizza
parking lot. Bring your cards for scoring. No cards exchanged in that
parking lot count.
CAUTION, when leaving your card on someone elses car, be sure to stuff it
through the door or somewhere that the driver will get it but that someone
else will not think it is the card for that vehicle. Maybe best way to
identify the OWNER of the card/car is to be sure that one of the OWNERS
QSL cards is taped INSIDE the window facing out. That way there is no
confusion from the potential 150 cards that may accumulate...
DETAILS. Being lucky doesnt count. You have to see the vehicle on the
air for it to count.
Enjoy.
Bob, WB4APR
The term FINDU is a trademark or domain name of K4HG.
Next year we may ask you to write the LAT/LONG and the RANGE to HARA arena
on the card. THen the distance to HARA can be a multiplier. This will
separate the easy ones in the parking lot from those you collect while 300
miles out!
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Subject: Re: APRS FINDU game.
From: Alex <kr1st@amsat.org>
Date: Fri, 02 May 2003 01:33:05 -0400
X-Message-Number: 15
Bob Bruninga wrote:
>CAUTION, when leaving your card on someone elses car, be sure to stuff
>it through the door or somewhere that the driver will get it
'nuther caution. Make sure that whoever sees you messing with someone
else's car (door) that it is obvious what you are doing. Some folks just
have a habit of hitting first before asking questions. Also,
surveillance cameras may not be very forgiving when later turns out that
something has been stolen from that car, or the car itself. :)
73,
--Alex KR1ST
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Subject: APRS-enhanced sheep
From: Phil Reed <preed@dnaco.net>
Date: Fri, 02 May 2003 22:29:15 -0400
X-Message-Number: 16
A story on NPR's "All Things Considered" today covered some folks working
with Irish sheep. In order to track their movements for various research
and grazing control purposes, the sheep have been fitted with collars that
carry GPS receivers and radio transmitters.
The recording of this story can be found at
http://www.npr.org/dmg/dmg.php?prgCode=ATC&showDate=02-May-2003&segNum=4&NPRMedP
iaref=WM
(this is the Windows Media recording).
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...phil / w8sca
"For a list of all the ways technology has failed
to improve the quality of life, press 3."
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Subject: RE: D700 BBS
From: "Dick C. Reichenbach" <dreichen@columbus.rr.com>
Date: Fri, 02 May 2003 22:48:09 -0400
X-Message-Number: 17
I've had similar good luck with my D700. I use mine on my motorcycle,
which is considered a high vibration environment. Just like Dave, I
would also agree that your milage will vary, but mine (the main unit) is
definatly pretty stable. I wish the head were more ruggedly
constructed. I did have a failure in the cable that runs from the head
unit to the radio, probably due to water getting to the contacts. I
had to spend $xx to replace it.
As for the other guy, I don't know what to do. I havn't had to reset
mine, either.
Dick R.
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