[aprssig] Mt. Washington NH coverage?

[Brian Riley]

Good point Bob, I know that area like the back of my hand and it was  
patently obvious to me ... sooooo,  I shall keep that in mind the  
next time I stick my nose under the APRS tent.

On May 30, 2006, at 6:02 PM, Robert Bruninga wrote:

> Thanks!
> Grrr.... and here it is easy to see why I hate maps that do
> not have a range scale on them!  Unless one is familiair with
> MT washington, it is impoossible to tell from this map
> if the view is 5 miles across, or 50...   THis is my
> pet -pieve, that ALL maps must display a range scale
> or some kind of legend to give the viewer a clue
> what scale he is looking at...  grumble....  Bob, Wb4APR
>
>>>> brianbr at mac.com 05/30/06 5:44 PM >>>
> I would have to say, that your are out of luck.
>
>      <http://mm.aprs.net/map.cgi?
> map=APRSworld&lat=44.27050&lon=-71.30417&call=*&range=1>
>
>   MTWASH is an object not an actual station. There is nothing that
> even your D700 could get  to on the Tuck side. And I know from my
> trip down 302 through Crawford Notch the last few years that coverage
> down there is spotty at best but of no use on the Tuck side. If the
> D7 worked in any way it would be a random bounce of the high steep
> walls of Pinkham Notch.
>
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> On May 30, 2006, at 9:01 AM, JC wrote:
>
>> I'll be hiking up the SE side of Mt. Washington to Tuckermans
>> Ravine this week and I have been trying to find out if  my D7
>> tracker will be heard. I'm helping with an avalanche course ( and
>> going to due some skiing) and some hams at home are interested in
>> looking over my shoulder.  I've tried to contact some APRS ops in
>> the area but probably not far enough in advance. Anyone know if
>> there is any APRS coverage there? Path that I should use other than
>> the Wide2-2? I may try and use my D700 mobile as a Digi if I can
>> figure out the details. Although I don't think it's location (down
>> in the valley) will help much. Any information will be greatly
>> appreciated by me and the watchers.
>> Thanks,
>> Jim
>> KB2TZR
>>
>>
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