[aprssig] APRS and the Interstates

[Robert Bruninga]

> ...this LINK is what a mobile running [the path]
> WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1 gets (using a full power D700]...
> 
>
http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/track.cgi?call=n7xuc-7&geo=usa.geo&
start=10000
> 
> Places with the biggest gaps... are Nebraska, Eastern  
> CO, TX panhandle, Georgia (Atlanta to Savannah), 
> Ohio (especially I-70).

The biggest bang for the buck is the Interstates.  We somehow
need to educate the broad amateur community to invest in
digipeaters in those areas in their states that may not serve
them directly in their own back yards, but that serve the
traveling ham community where they need it most.

APRS is a "service".  Invest in it even if you don't use it...

Bob, WB4APR