[aprssig] APRS Crossband on 30m

[Ray Wells]

Like Julian, I don't know if it's true about the French not being 
allowed to connect to the Internet. I do know that my ex-BBS forwarded 
with F6BVP via an axudp link for quite some years. Bernard still links 
via the Internet to other stations.

Ray vk2tv



On 27/02/11 02:47, Julian, G4ILO wrote:
> 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.
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> 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.
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> Julian, G4ILO
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> 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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