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Re: Switch to New 30M APRS-over-VARA Channel.
On 12/29/2024 6:55 PM, Devan Banman via groups.io wrote: > Hi all, > I tried 30m today and saw about 5 stations but never got IGATE'd once. Very different from NVIS 40m 7.083.500 USB where I get
By WA8LMF · #8666 ·
Re: Switch to New 30M APRS-over-VARA Channel.
Pre-dawn, I, K0ION, was being I-gated by a VE2 station on 30m. I have yet, here, to see its beacon. Distance, and my attic antenna, may be that deciding factor. Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2024 5:55 PM
By Glenn O'Connor · #8665 ·
Re: Switch to New 30M APRS-over-VARA Channel.
Hi all, I tried 30m today and saw about 5 stations but never got IGATE'd once. Very different from NVIS 40m 7.083.500 USB where I get IGATE'd all day long. Was interesting to try it but no luck from
By Devan Banman · #8664 ·
Re: Switch to New 30M APRS-over-VARA Channel.
Do you see any activity on 40M outside the Pacific Northwest? How many stations are active in your 40M group? 30 has some significant advantages over 40. ? Most of the time, 30 meters combines the
By WA8LMF · #8663 ·
Re: Switch to New 30M APRS-over-VARA Channel.
And for the rest of us who have been doing VARA APRS for over a year, we're on 40m. 7.083.50 USB. Way better performance than 30m! I will hop on 30m and see how it looks, but not expecting much of
By Michael - NA7Q · #8662 ·
Re: Please explain APRS related
I run VARA APRS on HF with my IC-9100. 73, K0ION
By Glenn O'Connor · #8661 ·
Re: Please explain APRS related
Where else would the GPS show up? ?? If you are not operating mobile (i.e. not changing position), you don't really need a GPS connected anyway - just hand-enter your latitude and longitude into
By WA8LMF · #8660 ·
Re: Please explain APRS related
Hello Steve: Ok, your explanation was very good and have Pinpoint configured I think. VaraHF modem SW is of course working ok. My GPS shows up on Pinpoint too. Now I need to get pinpoint to interface
Re: Please explain APRS related
If you have seen my website, you probably now know I was in Viet Nam between Apr 1968 to June 1970. My first year there, I was a "professional amateur", running a MARS station in Bien Hoa, about 40
By WA8LMF · #8658 ·
Re: Please explain APRS related
Thanks for the thorough explanation Stephen. I am new to Vara and the digital modes, but very interested. This helps. My husband was communications in Nam 1966-1969. Sadly he didn't survive his agent
By WA4WSZ - Patricia · #8657 ·
Re: Please explain APRS related
[I am posting this on the list, instead of an individual reply, because I think it may be of general interest to other users.]
By WA8LMF · #8656 ·
Please explain APRS related
I am interested in using and joining this mode of operation but fail to fully understand the basics of operation. I have used and currently have installed Winlink RMS client software and have
By Todd Hansen AL7PX · #8655 ·
Switch to New 30M APRS-over-VARA Channel.
I have been promoting the change-over to the new 30-meters APRS-over-VARA channel for several weeks now.?? I had previously proposed the switch-over for New Years Eve UTC. However, I am already
By WA8LMF · #8654 ·
Re: Yaesu FTM-7250 Setup
This radio has no provisions for computer remote control a.k.a. "CAT".?? Thus selecting a specific radio model in VARA (or any other soundcard program) is irrelevant. You will have to use the
By WA8LMF · #8653 ·
Re: Yaesu FTM-7250 Setup
Hi, Sorry, yes signal link. Thanks very much and have a good day. I have the mic cable from Signal Link. Douig N8FRJ
By DOUGLAS FRIEDT · #8652 ·
Re: Yaesu FTM-7250 Setup
Doug; Do you mean a "SignaLink"? If that's the case, you'd select "VOX" as the PTT option in the "PTT via" frame of the VARA FM "Settings -> PTT..." window. Also, since there isn't any "DATA"
By Mark Davis · #8651 ·
Re: VARA APRS DX
Good to see that my station GM4HYG-2 is regularly appearing on the map. I run two separate HF APRS stations at a very low RF noise rural location. GM4HYG? runs robust packet with a SCS modem with an
By Chris Moulding · #8650 ·
Yaesu FTM-7250 Setup
Hi Has anyone setup a FTM-7250 on VARA FM 4.3.8?? If so, which Yaseu model did you select for PTT? And is either of the RTS or DTR boxes checked?? I have a Soundlink that I would like to configure
By DOUGLAS FRIEDT · #8649 ·
Re: VARA APRS DX
Thanks for including the U.S. stations in the decision process of the ¡°new VARA¡± APRS freq. WA7GMX
By Ron · #8648 ·
Re: VARA APRS DX
G4HYG is my "co-conspirator" in the migration to the the new APRS-over-VARA ;channel.?? He pioneered another non-packet mode for APRS transmission two decades ago.??? The program "APRS Messenger"
By WA8LMF · #8647 ·