Hi Duffey, liked your stories from the Rocky Mtn VHF mailing list on
your January activity.
APRS: Correct. There's more. Let's see if I can articulate this
correctly...
Rovers can transmit APRS coordinates, never through a digipeater.
Only the Unlimited Rover Class can use the data coming the other direction.
Also be cautious, some rover classes can only have one transmitter per
band at a time... if your APRS is on VHF, it must be OFF when you're on
VHF SSB, of course... (silly, but them's the rules...)
Only multi-op stations may look for rovers this way (although I'm sure
this is likely abused or misunderstood by single-op fixed stations in
some cases).
Hopefully I didn't screw all that up... I had a number of discussions
with ARRL HQ (and have them archived just in case their opinion decided
to change for no good reason! HA!)... a couple of years ago. I don't
remember if Sean was in place at that time, or if it was someone else...
Nate WY0X
On 1/28/2010 11:49 AM, James Duffey wrote:
> Steve Send the query to Sean, KX9X. He has the final say. I think that when
> this question came up in the past, rovers were not allowed to use APRS or
> find other stations, except for the unlimited class. I am usually out of
> range of where I can get the internet though and there aren't too many other
> rovers where I go, so the utility of it in the rover may be limited for me.
>
> Adding APRS to the rover is on my list of things to do. There aren't many
> multi-op stations around here, so it would be of little use most of the time,
> but when I rove into other parts of the country, it would certainly pay off.
> Rovers and multi-op stations go together real well. APRS only makes that
> better. - Duffey
> --
> KK6MC
> James Duffey
> Cedar Crest NM
>
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