[aprssig] APRS in caves! (mammoth map) & HF

[Ray Wells]

About 20 years ago when I was involved in the Volunteer Rescue 
Association, an affiliate group, the NSW Caves Rescue Association used 
HF around 2MHz for communication in caving situations. Sadly grandfather 
time has affected my memory with regard to distances achieved.

Ray vk2tv

On 20/11/12 13:03, Robert Bruninga wrote:
> HF VERTICAL LINKS:  I just realized that since HF penetrates a few
> hundred feet vertically, we can use HF to link up to the surface every
> 7 hops or so.  Just an FT-817 with a DIPOLE above and below ground
> hooked to a TNC can provide the link  Once above ground, then hops
> continue on VHF.
>
> Each vertical link takes up 2 hops, but it sure beats having to do 14.
>   We need some people experimenting with HF packet FM (with squelch) on
> 80m (below ground since it would not be legal above ground)...  I
> gotta do some research on HF links...
>
> Also this gets more hams involved.  SOme hams not prone to caving, can
> man the top side stations.  One of the HF links will be right in the
> Lobby of the hotel and since it has WIFI, then that can be our IGATE!
>
>> With this map, there's no easy way to separate the above-ground
>> elevation contours from the cave tunnels.
> Not sure I follow.  The tunnels are dark black.  Everything else is
> color.  Its too early to start a huge investmnt in manually crossing
> over the data to a vector file until I find out "which" path is the
> MAIN CAVE.  The big portions are easy, but there are many places where
> there are multiple thin lines.
>
>> Also, is this just the first level of the cave, or is it
>> several vertical levels drawn together?
> all 6 levels.  So crossing black lines do not necessarily mean a connection.
>
> Bob, WB4APR
>
>> Andrew Pavlin, KA2DDO
>> ------Original Message------
>> From: Robert Bruninga
>> To: APRS at yahoogroups.com
>> Cc: aprssig at tapr.org
>> Sent: Nov 19, 2012 4:58 PM
>> Subject: Re: [aprssig] [APRS] APRS in caves! (mammoth map)
>>
>>
>> Mammoth cave underlay on local terrain map is now complete.  The map has a
>> LAT/LONG grid on the sides so one can pinpoint one's position into the HT
>> underground to the same 0.01 Minute of LAT/LONG as on the surface.
>>
>> See http://aprs.org/cave-link.html
>>
>> So far, none of the modern clients seem to do GIF or JPG files.  But as we
>> get closer to the 2 March 2013 test, maybe someone can develop a vector
>> overlay for the main passage.  Can YACC or APRSIS32 do APRS Overlays?
>>
>>
>> Bob, WB4APR
>>
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