[FADCA] 144.99 MHz

[Russell Oder]

Don't forget there are LANs on 144.99, such as St. Johns County.

Russ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chuck Hast" <wchast at gmail.com>
To: "Florida Amateur Digital Communication Association" 
<fadca at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 8:12 AM
Subject: Re: [FADCA] 144.99 MHz


> On 8/23/06, ptoth1 at tampabay.rr.com <ptoth1 at tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>> Chuck...
>>
>> I doubt the Wormhole group is on that frequency.  However, 144.99 MHz
>> is being used in many parts of the country as an alternate input
>> frequency for APRS.  Some folks have figured out you can run full
>> duplex is you uplink on 144.99 while receiving return packets on
>> 144.39.  It is something that is being discussed here in West Central
>> Florida and other areas where there is a concentration of APRS Weather
>> Stations.
>>
>
> That is exactly what I am trying to check it out for is for WX stations, 
> water
> gages and other remote sensing gear that we are running on 144.39MHz.
>
> I am seeing a lot of this being moved to 144.99 in order to get it off of 
> .39
> and not have all of the devices contending for the same resource.
>
> If we there is no wormhole users on the channel I will coordinate it for
> APRS activity in this area so we can start moving such devices over there.
>
>
> -- 
> Chuck Hast  -- KP4DJT --
> To paraphrase my flight instructor;
> "the only dumb question is the one you DID NOT ask resulting in my going
> out and having to identify your bits and pieces in the midst of torn
> and twisted metal."
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