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Re: APRS - spy on me while I drive
Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 11:06 pm
by vk6hgr
VK6LD wrote:
G'day Gav,
Any idea which tower & antenna the Tic Hill digipeater is on?
Hi Rob.
Dunno. I'd guess the digipeater antenna on the main mast.
Re: APRS - spy on me while I drive
Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 4:44 am
by VK6LD
vk6hgr wrote:Dunno. I'd guess the digipeater antenna on the main mast.
That was taken down circa 2004 - Probably one of the spare antennas on the old wind gen tower so it wouldn't be overly high.
73's
VK6LD
Re: APRS - spy on me while I drive
Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 9:13 am
by VK6ZUK
i am going to tic hill on tuesday to see if we can get the voice repeater back online. will check it out then rob and let you know.
On another note the lakes VK6RLK has a faulty rx. Will get it back on air soon.
Re: APRS - spy on me while I drive
Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 10:55 am
by Zebedee
VK6GHZ wrote:Just need a few more now to get on-board and get the APRS happening around town.
Well you can add me to the list, I'm now on as
VK6DB-9, using the same
Byonics AIO that Rob ordered a while ago. I got them to supply me with a little mag-mount antenna as well, saved me having to hunt one down separately.
Re: APRS - spy on me while I drive
Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 11:14 am
by robbage
I'll be on air testing today as well, with an OpenTracker+, Garmin GPS16 receiver and FT-1802 5 watts. Wasn't getting out too well on 1.5 watts with the VX-3 last test
(VK6UFO-7)
Re: APRS - spy on me while I drive
Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 3:01 pm
by VK6ZMS
Good to see more snail trails
I got coverage from Joondalup to past Dwellingup on my way to Denmark today.
Re: APRS - spy on me while I drive
Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 3:28 pm
by robbage
Nothing from mine. Where's the drawing board? I need to get back to it
Re: APRS - spy on me while I drive
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 7:43 pm
by robbage
robbage wrote:Nothing from mine. Where's the drawing board? I need to get back to it
Note to self. Check repeater offset
Re: APRS - spy on me while I drive
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 8:50 pm
by meg
So, anyone got any thoughts on why I'm getting an "unsupported packet format" message?
http://aprs.fi/?c=raw&limit=&call=VK6LUX-9
I'm using this
http://ibcnu.us/
Re: APRS - spy on me while I drive
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 8:57 pm
by robbage
That packet is obsolete and isn't supported by some software.
Re: APRS - spy on me while I drive
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 9:04 pm
by robbage
According to the APRS101 doc:
"[" Maidenhead grid locator beacon (obsolete)
In the raw info you see this:
2009-12-30 11:39:48 UTC: VK6LUX-9>APRS,TCPIP*,qAC,T2SJC:[OF88CD]Hello world
Everything after the last colon is the data, ie
[OF88CD]Hello world
The first character is the ident which indicates what sort of data follows. The square bracket was designed to show the gridsquare but was made obsolete before APRS v101
Re: APRS - spy on me while I drive
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 9:10 pm
by meg
You're a GENIUS Robbage - thankyou very much! I'm appearing now
I owe you (another) beer!
Re: APRS - spy on me while I drive
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 9:21 pm
by robbage
You sure are. You are now sending:
@301317z3151.42S/11611.52Ep000/000/A=000863 Hello world
@ Which is a position report with timestamp. /A=000863 is your altitude in feet. 000/000 is your course and speed which shows you are stantionary
Re: APRS - spy on me while I drive
Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 12:13 pm
by vk6hgr
Looks like the VK6RLK digipeater at The Lakes is working again.
Re: APRS - spy on me while I drive
Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 6:44 pm
by VK6ZMS
There be boats on
http://aprs.fi/