[aprssig] Alinco or ???

[clayj at nwlink.com]

Hi, Scott - I was also using a 135TP as a standalone tracker; buut
replaced it with an OpenTracker and a "plain" DR135.  All dedicated to
144.390.

I'll echo Mark's sentiment - I'd be glad to send you my board so that you
could "salvage" the connector.

Clay
N7QNM


> Scott, per your request for feedback from Alinco DR-135TP users, I and
> another local ham use the 135TP for mobile tracker purposes.  This is
> fulltime, standalone tracker on 144.390 usage.  Aside from the occasional
> bout of "stupidity"  (they (the TNC) seem prone to reset if the voltage
> drops low, such as cranking with a low battery), and the lack of "smart
> beaconing" both of us have been happy overall.  But the lack of smart
> beaconing has prompted me to pull mine and replace it with a conventional
> 2m
> rig and TinyTrak.  But I like the ability to plug a laptop into the radio
> for use with a program such as UiView.
>
> I'm still anxiously awaiting your replacement board, hope you overcome the
> production problems.  Maybe those of us with the EJ-41U could send you our
> boards and you could transplant the connector to your replacement?  A
> thought.  I believe you have previously said that your replacement will
> support smart beaconing, correct?
>
> Mark - K5MAR
>
>
>> Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 17:47:02 -0800
>> From: <scott at opentrac.org>
>> Subject: RE: [aprssig] Alinco or ???
>> To: "'TAPR APRS Mailing List'" <aprssig at lists.tapr.org>
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>>> I'd love to see a TNC that supports KISS as a replacement
>>> part for the TNC that's in the DR-135.  In the meantime
>>> though I can't complain in the least, it's provided reliable service.
>>
>> I'm still working on my board.  It decoded its first packet off the air
>> today.  It's not quite decoding ALL of the packets yet (or even a
>> majority)
>> but I'm still tweaking the code and haven't done any hardware tuning
>> yet.
>>
>> This particular board is intended as a 2-way tracker (one with waypoint
>> transfer capability), but it ought to serve adequately as a 1200 baud
>> KISS
>> TNC, at least for APRS.  It's only got 2k of RAM, so I wouldn't want to
>> try
>> to run TCP/IP over it.
>>
>> As I've mentioned before, there are still production hurdles to overcome
>> -
>> in particular, dealing with the oddball pin header needed to connect to
>> the
>> DR-135T's main board.
>>
>> To those using the on-board TNC as a tracker - how are you using it?
>> Are
>> you on 144.39 full time, using it through a voice repeater, or something
>> else?
>>
>> Scott
>> N1VG
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