[aprssig] APRS Crossband on 30m

[Julian, G4ILO]

A few months ago when a group of French hams made a kerfuffle over not
being allowed to use D-Star I seem to remember someone telling me that
the French were not allowed to connect ham radio to the internet. I
also seem to remember being told that because of that, French packet
and APRS ops gated from VHF to HF so that they would be gated by
people in countries where internet connected stations are legal.

I have no idea whether or not either of those statements are true.
There certainly are French stations that connect to the internet, but
then there are stations over here that digipeat without an MB7 call.
However if they are doing what they are doing in order to strictly
adhere to their licenses I'm not sure we have any right to complain
about it. Unfortunately, not knowing a word of French, I can't prove
or disprove this.

Julian, G4ILO
G4ILO's Shack: www.g4ilo.com








On 26 February 2011 14:08, G0JXN Jim <g0jxn.jim at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> Hi Guys
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> I have had several email exchanges with Jean Paul, F6SDM, the Sysop for
> F6KPH, regarding its crossband operations. I am sorry to say that he and the
> committee of Radio Club Tarbes see no reason to stop the crossbanding of
> 1200bd APRS from VHF and UHF frequencies. Jean Paul mistakenly relates APRS
> to the old Packet network where nodes were interconnected using various
> bands. The same protocols may be used on both systems but there the
> similarity ends.
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> Today, 26th March, in a few hours I have logged 30 stations being
> crossbanded by F6KPH but other than their beacons there has been no
> communication with any stations on 30m or between any of them as far as I
> can tell. So what is the point I ask?
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> Better news regarding HB9MM. The Sysop Christophe, HB9TJM, advises me that
> HB9MM does not crossband 2m universally. Because of the high remote location
> of the station it necessary to gain access to the station via 2m for test
> purposes.
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> However with F6KPH continuing to crossband, HB9MM and some other stations
> are of little consequence. The 30m band is ideal for APRS and if it is
> thought that Net14 should have a 30m fall back frequency I would suggest
> that as of 1st March we should QSY to 10.146,5 MHz LSB (+ 510Hz for AGWPE)
> or 10.143,1 MHz USB (- 510Hz for AGWPE). I have monitored the frequency from
> time to time and it seems clear of any regular operations. Hopefully some of
> the Net14 operators that run digis on 30m will QSY.
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> Jim, G0JXN/MB7UXN
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