[Rover] HamIM: Rover Instant Messaging

[Dave Wendling]

Hey Ev,
I just don't see any reason why this shouldn't take off!  I'm interested in hearing other rovers. I always seem to miss them.  I often hear them working other stations but seem to miss them when they jump bands with a fixed station. With HamIN I can send them a message which will just wait for them to finnish and get back with me.  I understand  extra equipment problems  but it would seem that this would be a godsend to single operators of fixed stations.....
BTW, why is N2JMH an ex-psycho-rover? As I mentioned in another post I am also in competition for the best post contest  video short!  Get your video equipment ready....If N2JMH is not going to Rover how will they defend their best video rating! Man I can't believe how competitive I am!

Dave Wendling
kb1eaa@berkshire.rr.com
Home of Palm Rover Software
http:/www.home.nycap.rr.com/nugidoors

>"Ev Tupis (W2EV)" <w2ev@arrl.net> wrote:
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>Dave Wendling wrote:
>> > Are you looking for that last tool to gain an advantage in the January
>> > VHF SS?
>> > Visit http://w2ev.rochesterny.org and take the hyperlink for HamIM.
>> >
>> Hi Ev,
>> Any idea how many contesters are planning on using HamIN? I think I will
>> give it a go in my Red Rover this January.
>
>I can tell you that there are THREE HamIM-ready fixed-location stations (with
>6-bands or more) in Western New York (K2AXX-FN12, N2JMH-FN13 (ex-psycho rover)
>and W2EV-FN03).  If a Rover comes here, we'll find them F-A-S-T and be back to
>CQing traditionally.  As they travel from FN13 to FN03, we'll do it all again. 
>Ditto from FN03 to FN02 and again from FN02 to FN12.
>
>If there are any VE3 rovers who care to venture to FN04 and FN14, they can rest
>assured that they will be found using HamIM, too.  Three years ago, I caught a
>VE3 quite by accident (no one was expecting them, they just showed up).  What
>makes this remarkable is that -- sadly -- we don't point our SSB beams at Canada
>as often as we should.  Their lower-power rovers get easily overlooked.  In this
>case, the rover operated MANUALLY!  They didn't have a full GPS-based system. 
>They simply had a packet TNC with a properly formatted frame that they manually
>sent several times when they got to their location!  That got our attention
>using HamIM enough to swing our beams and find them on SSB!  Note: split
>frequency operation is allowed for