[NLRS] [BC'ers] W9FZ/R and KA9VVQ/R plans for Jan VHF contest

[Bruce Richardson]

John,
Glad you and Jim are going out and getting your own dose of RF.

Concerning APRS -9 vs -15.  Well, years ago, I thought I saw one 
standard that had "dogs" tagged with -15.  I had this vision where 
someday people could view aprs.fi with a wildcard search for all "-15"s 
and that would be the rovers that were out there roving.

Anyways, I went with the -15 to be different from all the normal cars 
out there--at least during contests.

I'm not sure that people set up monitoring screens for just -15s, but if 
the rovers had the same number, maybe they could.  But I think are ways 
to have specific tracks and searches set so a viewer can monitor movement.

If there ever is a rover standard, I'd go with it.

Yes, Janice and I are hoping to work you on E-skip during this one. I'm 
panicking with set-up this afternoon.
73
Bruce Richardson W9FZ/R



On 1/27/2016 8:27 PM, John Toscano wrote:
> Hello, Bruce!
>
> Jim and I are planning to go out roving as K0MHC/R this weekend, and 
> just for something different, we are planning to beacon to APRS using 
> a neat little device called an AP510 APRS Tracker. (It only produces 1 
> watt of RF, which we will run through an amplifier to get more oomph.
>
> Jim and I are new to the APRS thing, and I know you have been using 
> this for a while. I'm curious why your APRS tracker ID is going to be 
> W9FZ-15? According to the little booklet that came with the AP510, a 
> SSID of 15 indicates an HF station. I was planning to use K0MHC-9 to 
> signify a mobile station. The list in the booklet does not have a 
> number for a contest rover.
>
> Good luck in the contest. Maybe we'll get some 6 Meter E-skip between 
> here and there, and we can get each other into our respective logs. I 
> presume that you and Janice will operate as a family station for twice 
> the fun. We will represent only a single contact since Jim and I 
> aren't truly family.  ;^)
>
> 73 de W0JT/5, EL09vu
> soon to be part of K0MHC/R, South Texas (through North Texas and 
> Southern Oklahoma).
>
>
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