[aprssig] HF APRS igates

[Joe Bennett]

Just set up JS8CALL on 60 meters. We'll see what we can hear out here in the middle...


-- Joe 



Apr 21, 2020, 10:36 PM by aprssig at lists.tapr.org:

> On 4/21/2020 8:09 PM, Joe Della Barba wrote:
>
>> Here is the real question - are there any iGates for any other HF mode than 300 baud packet? No use sending if no one is listening.
>>
>> I tried manually sending on JS8Call with no results, I am not sure how the other end is supposed to work.
>>
>
> The other end has to be running another copy of the JS8Call program, with the waterfall cursor set to the same audio frequency as you.
>
> Further, it has to have the APRS-IS "reporting" option checked on the "Settings, Reporting" dialog.
>
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Joe N3HGB
>>
>
> I've just added the JS8CALL app to my "APRS SuperServer" setup that monitors & igates 2 meters, 30 meters and 60 meters.
>
> I have added the JS8 app to the 60-meter setup, alongside the traditional AX.25 packet. It's listening to the same FT-857 as the AX.25 mode.
>
> Select 60-meters "Channel 5"  (5.403.5 MHz USB) and the CENTER of the JS8 waterfall cursor to 1400 Hz.  Note this is the CENTER of the waterfall cursor, not the left side.
>
> I'm not certain what time of day 60M propagation will be most favorable between you and and me. Im located in central Michigan (East Lansing area).
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> I tend to hear central Atlantic states best in the mid to late afternoon, and stations from the mid-west (OH, IN, IL, IA, WI) in the late afternoon to early evening.
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