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Subject: N4FCL-2 Location?
From: "Dave Sloan" <desloan@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 14:01:34 -0600
X-Message-Number: 17
I'm showing that N4FCL-2 is out west of CA. Did they move GA?
Tnx & 73,
Dave N0EOP
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Subject: Re: Out of memory
From: Robbie <mwrobertson@attbi.com>
Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 19:13:02 -0500
X-Message-Number: 18
Thanks Mark,
I forgot about doing that and I will the next time it see the Out Of
Memory statement. I needed to shut it down so no errors at the moment
and it seems that it has recognized the text file correctly.
Thanks again,
Robbie
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Subject: Call for Papers
From: Stan Horzepa <stanzepa@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 20:45:42 -0400
X-Message-Number: 19
Technical papers are solicited for presentation at the 22nd Annual ARRL and
TAPR Digital Communications Conference to be held September 19-21, 2003 in
Hartford, Connecticut, and publication in the Conference Proceedings. Annual
conference proceedings are published by the ARRL. Presentation at the
conference is not required for publication. Submission of papers are due by
August 5th, 2003 and should be submitted to:
Maty Weinberg, ARRL
225 Main Street
Newington, CT 06111
or via the Internet to
maty@arrl.org
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Subject: Voice Alert on 144.39 (fwd)
From: Bob Bruninga <bruninga@usna.edu>
Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 22:14:23 -0400 (EDT)
X-Message-Number: 20
I did not go to Dayton, but one person who was there said he never raised
anyone on voice alert in or around Dayton and even at the APRS Pizza bash,
two poeople he talked to with Kenwoods had never heard of it.
Here is my message from Dayton 2002. SOunds like it applies to 2003 also:
APRS VOICE-ALERT:
I thought everyone with a Kenwood was aware of "Voice Alert", but at the
APRS PIZZA meeting (2002), fewer than 20% raised their hands and it was
obvious by monitoring the channel that most APRS mobiles are not aware of
this very powerful feature:.
Having a 144.39 radio in a vehicle with the audio turned down or the
speaker disconnected is a waste of a perfectly good radio, ESPECIALLY
since everyone KNOWS you have a radio tuned to 144.39! Thus, anytime,
anywhere, anyone can key up on 144.39 and call you by voice and know that
you will hear it.... if..... if you set PL 100 on it.
Of course, no one wants to listen to packets, so, instead of turning down
your volume or disconnecting the speaker, just set CTCSS to "100"...
Bingo, no packets. The only thing you will ever hear will be someone
calling you on voice with a PL of 100... (and of course, the occassional
packet of anyone else within range that is also running Voice Alert.)
But this is not bad. In my county, there are about 5 of us running Voice
alert. But 99% of the time we are not in simplex range and so we never
hear any PL100 packets. But when we do, then we ALSO know that one of us
IS nearby and on the air, and so we usually strike up a QSO on the local
repeater.
The one place that I thought that Voice Alert would be a real nuisance
and cause me to turn my volume down too was at Dayton. I expected to hear
dozens and dozens of other PL100 packets... but I only heard TWO!.. Out
of the 50 to 100 APRS mobiles in Dayton, I remember only hearing 3 or four
packets in the morning when I drove into the HAMVENTION and only a few
more in the afterhnoon driving away...
So, only hearing one or two packets every few mnuntes I did not find to be
a problem at all. In fact, when I pulled over to the side of the road
with an overheated engine, someone saw me (not even running APRS) and he
dialed in PL100 on 144.39 and asked if I needed help. No way would he
have ever found me on the oddball repeater I was tuned to at the time.
THere is another GREAT advantage of running voice alert on the Handheld D7
too. that is that by setting CTCSS 100 on 144.39, you dont have to mess
with the BALANCE setting. How many times have you totally missed voice
operations because you forgot that your balance was set to ZERO for band
A? Avoid the problem by setting CTCSS 100 and leaving the volume set to
normal...
Of course, only the Kenwoods can do Voice Alert easily because their TNC's
are internal and they hear all packets BEFORE the CTCSS squelch, but other
mobiles can do it too, if the owner is willing to tap his TNC off of the
discriminator before the normal audio squelch circuit...
Anyway, even if you cannnot use it in your situation, EVERY APRS person
should be aware of VOICE ALERT (CTCSS of 100 on 144.39).
And finally, this is NOT for QSO on 144.39. Only as a calling means....
then QSY...
de WB4APR, Bob
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Subject: Re: d700 for mic-e mode?
From: Bob Bruninga <bruninga@usna.edu>
Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 22:26:59 -0400 (EDT)
X-Message-Number: 21
Came across this old message:
On Fri, 21 Jun 2002, Wes Johnston had programmed his D700 side A to RX
APRS on 144.39 and to TX APRS in PTT mode on band B.
>RX on A. Under the aprs menu, I programmed beacon to PTT. Now the beacon
>on PTT works fine... when I keydown, the B side of radio tx's. Problem is,
>the A side never decodes any packets. Now if I QSY the B side to 144.39, it
>turns out that it's doing the decoding. Is this one of those things you
>can't do in aprs mode?
I konw my radio works fine in crossband APRS packet (RX on A and TX on B)
since I do that all the time for satellits, but Wes is implying here that
maybe putting it into PTT mode screws that up?
Bob
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Subject: Re: Throat Mic (Was: Install on BMW Motorcycle)
From: "Mark Fellhauer" <sparkfel@qwest.net>
Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 22:28:30 -0500
X-Message-Number: 23
At 11:01 AM 5/20/2003, Miller Scott Contr 30SCS/FTI wrote:
>How about a throat mic?
>
>http://www.con-space.com/products/accessories/Throat_Mic.htm
>http://www.consam.com/Throat%20mic%20page.htm
I have a throat mic for Yaesu HT's which works great on
motorcycles/bicycles. I bought mine several years ago at Ft. Tuthill. I
think the company that made it is long gone, but when I first got it we
tested it at highway speeds using a motorcycle and audio was exceptionally
good comparatively. Remember they used throat mics in combat aircraft in
WWII...was it the T-30?
Since you guys peaked my interest I pulled it out of the bag...earpiece
foam has turned to dust...Ok, so I haven't used it in a few years...but it
still works great.
I'm not sure that Con-Space throat mic would work around here. It looks
too much like a dog collar and the Pugs in the house get jealous if you
take their collars and wear them (long story, don't ask), that or if you
hold a collar they think they're going for a walk. :)
73,
Mark
KC7BXS
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