[aprssig] using beacon text to advertise voice repeaters

Chris Kantarjiev cak at dimebank.com
Mon Jul 24 20:53:50 EDT 2006


I know that Bob has made suggestions about how to do this in the past,
but since the ARPSSIG archives aren't searchable, it's fundamentally
impossible to find such gems of knowledge.

I'd like to use an XDigi (four beacons) to advertise a voice repeater
at the same site, as well as show that it's a W11. I recall that
one of the concerns is having the text show up well on a D7 screen.

What's the right way to do this? There is both 2m and 70cm access. 
My first attempt is


12345678901234567890
W1 W6WGZ/R 147.180+  info: k6dbg at arrl.net
441.175+  PL146.2 W1 info: k6dbg at arrl.net
W11 Oakhurst Fill-in info: k6dbg at arrl.net
W11 Oakhurst Fill-in info: k6dbg at arrl.net

but I don't know what sensible timing/destinations are - my inclination
is to make the first two direct, every 30 minutes, and the others W2-1
and W2-2, as usual. 

That means it takes up to an hour to learn about both repeaters, which
seems a bit much for someone driving through...

73 de chris K6DBG




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