[aprssig] APRS for a motorcycle - radios?

[Fred Atkinson, WB4AEJ]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Curt Mills" <archer at eskimo.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 12:10 AM
Subject: Re: [aprssig] APRS for a motorcycle - radios?


> On Mon, 13 Feb 2006, Fred Atkinson, WB4AEJ wrote:
>
> >     Has no one as yet come out with a unit that combines the three
functions
> > (TNC, GPS, and transceiver) into one and is reasonably compact?
>
> Yes, it's been done.  Just not with an AMATEUR RADIO transceiver.
> :-(

    Can either of these non-amateur units be operated on 144.39 Mhz?

> Garmin RINO series is one.  FRS and/or GMRS.
>
> Somebody had an example of another one on here that was higher power
> and I think a marine-band radio.

    Maybe someone will tell us what unit it was done with and if it can be
operated on 144.39.

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