[aprssig] Having trouble with APRS setup

[John Denison]

I set my path to RELAY,WIDE2-2 but am still not being heard by any other 
station. I tried another antenna in another location with the same 
results. I'm also considering getting the TinyTrak, but until then I'll 
stick with my KPC 3+ :-)

Mark Earle wrote:

> Keith,
>
> AI5TX-2 has moved somewhat lower and east of downtown - it's not where 
> the beacon would have you believe. We think there is a receiver issue. 
> I am in the middle of a move, and KB5OVJ hasn't yet had time to get by 
> the new site with test gear and verify what is going on. (We'll get 
> the "real" coordinates in at some point - everyone involved with the 
> digi has been extremely busy).
>
> When it was on a building - top, the noise floor was so bad, only a 
> signal greater than about 2 microvolts was being decoded. We've moved 
> it to a somewhat lower but much quieter (RF-Wise) site.
>
> You may wish to user a path of RELAY,WIDE2-2. This will virtually 
> assure that anywhere in the metro Houston area, you get gated to the 
> internet, and also rebroadcast by several stations around town.
>
> I have two set - ups in my tracker:
>
> RELAY,WIDE3-3   <-- What I normally run
> WIDE5-5 <-- on trips
>
> 146.840/103.5PL suffers the same noise floor problem as our digi did,
> until it was moved.
>
> The DIGI is a PacComm TNC-2 clone, with a Delta-S General Electric 
> radio converted to amateur operation by KC5EVE.
>
> I monitor 443.825/146.92 103.5PL on both, and 146.880/103.5 PL. When 
> on my home station also acdepts messages. WA2MCT-8.  My vehicle is a 
> tracker (transmit only) WA2MCT-9.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> At 06:28 PM 12/27/2004 -0600, you wrote:
>
>> Thank you all for your replies. I went to Radio Shack and bought a 
>> null modem adapter, plugged it in, and now the TNC is transmitting. I 
>> changed the rate from 1 minute to 5. Everything seems to be working 
>> ok except that the digipeater in downtown Houston is not hearing my 
>> signal. I'm
>> @ Keith VE7GDH
>
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