[Friday 15 Dec 2023?? 15:15 local (US Eastern time / 2000 UTC ]
Tomorrow (Saturday? 16 Dec 2023) I will be conducting another 60 meters road test of APRS over classic AX.25 HF packet *vs*? APRS over the VARA high-performance HF modem.? This is another trip from Lansing, MI to Traverse City, MI - about 200 miles/360 km each way.
I will be beaconing alternately as WA8LMF-2 on classic packet APRS,? and as WA8LMF-1 on VARA.? Radio setup is the usual - Yaesu FT-891 running into an MFJ 60-meter hamstick mobile antenna on 60M "Channel 5" 5.403.5 MHz USB.? Peak power output will be about 50 watts in both modes. ? Receive/igatre setup at home is another FT-891 and a mini-dipole made of two 60M mobile hamsticks mounted horizontally about 12 feet / 2.9 meters above the ground to maximize NVIS receive.
I expect to depart around 09:30 local (US Eastern time) / 14:30 UTC.? The drive takes about 4 1/2 hours so the trip up will be entirely during daylight optimum NVIS propagation hours.? The return trip will start in the late afternoon, during the period of twilight-to-long-range-nighttime? propagation.? Depart / return times subject to change!
Hopefully, my presence will show on my own 60M UIview UI-Webserver maps.? Go to <> for the links to the various UIview mapping web servers on 60M. NOTE: I am not using the "FLdigi modes" MFSK16 & PSK31 on this test.
If I do get received at home, the posits will be igated to the APRS Internet System (APRS-IS) and viewable on APRS.fi.
<>????? (No SSID)??? Standard 2M packet APRS on 144.390 MHz.? (Generated by UIview and TS-700 transceiver)
<>??? VARA mode? (Generated by VARA and UIview)
<> ???? Classic AX.25 HF Packet (Generated by TinyTrack III+ in HF mode)
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Stephen H. Smith wa8lmf (at) aol.com
Skype:??????? WA8LMF
EchoLink:? Node #? 14400? [Think bottom of the 2-meter band]
Home Page:
"Studio B" Ham Shack on Wheels
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-- APRS over VARA? --
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60-Meter APRS!?? HF NVIS APRS Igate Now Operating
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Flying Digipeater!
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