[aprssig] D710 Whack-A-Mole!

[Wes Johnston, AI4PX]

Just to be a smarty pants.... hey folks, run voice alert on the left side
and monitor 146.52 on the right side.... lol.
Wes

On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 14:47, Robert Bruninga <bruninga at usna.edu> wrote:

> >> My point here is that I haven't heard any in
> >> simplex range since I added the 100Hz tone to
> >> the radio.
> >
> > Agreed.  In an average of two cross-country
> > trips a year between Los Angeles and the mid-west
> > (round trip of about 4500 miles), and in daily
> > use in Los Angeles (surely one of the most APRS-
> > saturated environments anywhere), I have heard
> > exactly ONE voice alert in three years.
>
> Which is the whole point of this thread!
> 95% of APRS operators are clueless about the value of running
> Voice Alert!
>
> And unless they are running Voice Alert, then there is nothing
> to hear.... And they are out of contact to other APRS mobile
> operators...
>
> Which is why I started this thread...  Going to dayton, and
> seeing all kinds of APRS mobiles, but not being able to hear
> them when they passed by, nor being able to contact them when I
> saw thm nearby was frustrating.
>
> So come on folks.  When you are on th open road, available for
> contacts, run Voice Alert!
>
> Bob, Wb4aPR
>
>
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