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You would be surprised how effective those handhelds are when paired with an antenna adapter and a real 2M mobile antenna. I have a Comet 2m/440 dual band Search and Rescue antenna that does the job just fine with a handheld.will e wrote:
WILL E: KI7JPL - Handheld dual band BAOFENG 7 watt and rubber duck Antenna. (I am hoping to upgrade before Ouray...)
Coolest call sign ever! I added you to the list. clovisman is running APRS. I think REDONE is putting together an APRS solution as well. I might upgrade from handheld to mounted and if I do I probably will be stupid and get a radio with the bells and whistles. This is cheaper (overall) than doing 3 upgrades....shimniok wrote:Cool. I'm K0FSJ.
I put a new (to me) Alinco DR-605TQ 2m/70cm rig in the Jeep to replace a really old, user unfriendly, flaky ICOM.
It sits above an Alinco DR-M06TH 6m I have had for ages.
Maybe I will bring the Yaesu Vertex vx-150 2m HT too.
Anyone running APRS for location tracking?
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The radio I have (Yaesu FTM-400DR) has 2 VFO's so it is a true dual TX/RX radio. So I can have a simplex frequency on VFO a and have the APRS frequency (144.390) on VFO B. Or as you can see in the picture, I have a Repeater stored and on VFO A and APRS on VFO B. It will still collect APRS data while you are transmitting on VFO A. Pretty nifty. There are a few radios that do this like the Kenwood TM-710G, etc.shimniok wrote:There are some APRS Android apps if that helps. I played with APRS Droid for awhile.
I was bit by the APRS bug for awhile then other things happened and I stopped messing with it.
I can supposedly use one of my laptop topo software to display markers for other vehicles. The laptop can also decode/encode audio to send to the radio. And I have a couple of APRS apps too.
Where I am stuck is ... On what bands do I broadcast the audio? I know there is a designated frequency for APRS. But I would want to talk on a repeater. So I would need 2 radios?
Or, there's a solution that sits between radio and mic. It doesn't broadcast if the mic isn't being keyed. Maybe it transmits after you talk? Or periodically? Not entirely sure if any of that is 'allowed' on general use repeaters.
Like I said I got sidetracked so I didn't find those answers yet.
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I bet I can see ya all the way from Texas.REDONE wrote:Totally!
I have a MotoX+UV-5R setup I plan to test next weekend for APRS. I'll post a thread "Where's REDONE?" on saturday and ask anyone on the forum to go to aprs.fi , punch in my call, and then post if they see me, where they see me and what time is shown for my last update on aprs.
This will give me actual time stamps for the tracking instead of just looking at my track on aprs.fi after the fact. I've got a total of $50 invested in my APRS rig so far (including cables and antenna), BUT I've repurposed an old phone for the GPS AND it's not proven which is why I haven't posted much about it yet. I only want my APRS to transmit 2m at low power because it's automated. I don't want it to blast over other stations unnecessarily. If I have problems getting my packets through then I'll look at a more powerful transmitter.
My comms rig is just a Luiton 25w 2m/70cm transceiver, but I haven't even installed it yet so I don't have anything to say about it yet.
My APRS base station is now ready to go, so let me know when you want me to watch for ya.shimniok wrote:Sounds cool. If I have time I will fire up a 2m rig to listen for ya in addition to looking at APRS.fi ... via PC w/ direwolf or APRSdroid on my Moto x.
Agreed... I am going to try and study up for my local test on 3/11/17. Hopefully the radio nerd gods are smiling when I take the test!srobertsfsj wrote:You guys make my head hurt.....