And I think the continued focus on APRS and FM by many
local clubs as "real ham radio" eventually leads to
many leaving the hobby. The only thing they get
elmered in is FM and packet, which are OK, but I
wouldn't want to limit myself to those two modes. Many
who do eventually get bored and move on, never
realizing what all they missed out on .
73s John W5TD
--- "Rogers, Ron" <RR124640@ncr.com> wrote:
> And, John......that's the way it is getting to be
> around Atlanta with
> all this hype about D-Star repeater systems.
>
> Hell, you've got people running out to buy $500 Icom
> HTs and $600 mobile
> units so they can now talk on the 2 D-Star repeaters
> in Atlanta.
>
> Now, I admit that the theory and power of the D-Star
> architecture is
> something else !!
>
> But, it kills me to see the number of people all
> lining up at the local
> HRO store to lay down $1,000 on this stuff when they
> could be getting on
> 144 or 432 SSB for one third the cost because they
> already own and Icom
> 706 MKIIG or something like that.
>
>
> Ron
> WW8RR
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Geiger [mailto:johngeig@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 4:03 PM
> To: Rogers, Ron
> Subject: RE: [VHFcontesting] Quick APRS comment
>
> Hi Ron,
>
> That is good to know, but I have heard of people
> using APRS to track
> their children, etc. without the issues you
> mentioned. That would be a
> violation of rules.
>
> I agree with you that APRS surely does have
> benefits, but my local club
> has overdone it. That is all they talk about and
> care about. You bring
> up SSB/CW or something like that and they get a lost
> expression on their
> face.
>
> 73s John W5TD
> --- "Rogers, Ron" <RR124640@ncr.com> wrote:
>
> > My entire family IS licensed.
> >
> > And, when the vehicle gets shut off, so does the
> APRS system.
> >
> > But, beyond that I can also act as control
> operator via an auxiliary
> > UHF receiver in the APRS packages. I can control
> through my one UHF
> > repeaters to send control codes to my APRS
> packages.
> >
> >
> > Ron
> > WW8RR
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Geiger [mailto:johngeig@yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 3:52 PM
> > To: Rogers, Ron; VHF Contesting
> > Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Quick APRS comment
> >
> > Isn't this a violation of Part 97 rules unless you
> have a licensed ham
>
> > in the car to serve as the control operator, or
> some way to remotely
> > control the transmitter and turn it off, if
> necessary.
> >
> > 73s John W5TD
> >
> > --- "Rogers, Ron" <RR124640@ncr.com> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > It has even been handy for some personal
> benefit,
> > such as using the
> > > "path tracking" feature on one of the APRS
> > websites to observe the
> > > route my teenager took, speeds, etc. when he
> > borrows one of the family
> >
> > > vehicles.
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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