[aprssig] 9600 Baud East Coast Backbone

[Eric Lorenz K9LGE]

And again keep in mind what has been said above from those who have
experience here...If the intent is to use these in commercial sites, forget
"cheap".

Eric K9LGE

On Aug 18, 2016 5:49 PM, "vk2tv" <vk2tv at exemail.com.au> wrote:

> And 220 isn't available in other parts of the world, such as Australia.
>
> Maybe it's time to think outside the box and see if one of the Chinese
> manufacturers, Baofeng, et al, would be interested in making a 5-10W 9k6
> ready 23cm mobile rig that would have world wide appeal. Cheap rigs in a
> non-congested band might open up new opportunities for general APRS
> applications.
> Ray vk2tv
>
>
>
> On 18/08/16 22:41, Ev Tupis via aprssig wrote:
>
> It is a shame that 219 to 220 MHz (all digital allocation) is not
> available in most of the USA.
>
> Alternatively, maybe it's time to petition the FCC to identify 147-148 MHz
> as a 1-MHz wide digital only allocation. lol
>
>
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> *From:* Robert Bruninga via aprssig <aprssig at tapr.org> <aprssig at tapr.org>
> *To:* TAPR APRS Mailing List <aprssig at tapr.org> <aprssig at tapr.org>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 17, 2016 11:34 PM
> *Subject:* [aprssig] 9600 Baud East Coast Backbone
>
> We are dreaming of a 9600 baud East coasst packet backbone along the route
> of the APRS Golden Packet event.  http://aprs.org/ec9600net.html
>
> I wonder if the 5W 220 MHz HT featured in QST this month would make a
> possible radio.  Many of these sites are high and adjacent to plenty of VHF
> and UHF commercial rigs.
>
>
>
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