[aprssig] Another 60M APRS-over-VARA Road Test Tomorrow

[Stephen H Smith]

[Friday 15 Dec 2023   15:15 local (US Eastern time / 2000 UTC ]

Tomorrow (Saturday  16 Dec 2023) I will be conducting another 60 meters road 
test of APRS over classic AX.25 HF packet *vs*  APRS over the VARA 
high-performance HF modem.  This is another trip from Lansing, MI to Traverse 
City, MI - about 200 miles/360 km each way.

I will be beaconing alternately as WA8LMF-2 on classic packet APRS,  and as 
WA8LMF-1 on VARA.  Radio setup is the usual - Yaesu FT-891 running into an MFJ 
60-meter hamstick mobile antenna on 60M "Channel 5" 5.403.5 MHz USB. Peak power 
output will be about 50 watts in both modes. Receive/igatre setup at home is 
another FT-891 and a mini-dipole made of two 60M mobile hamsticks mounted 
horizontally about 12 feet / 2.9 meters above the ground to maximize NVIS receive.

I expect to depart around 09:30 local (US Eastern time) / 14:30 UTC.  The drive 
takes about 4 1/2 hours so the trip up will be entirely during daylight optimum 
NVIS propagation hours.  The return trip will start in the late afternoon, 
during the period of twilight-to-long-range-nighttime  propagation.  Depart / 
return times subject to change!

Hopefully, my presence will show on my own 60M UIview UI-Webserver maps.  Go to 
<http://WA8LMF.net/map> for the links to the various UIview mapping web servers 
on 60M.  NOTE: I am not using the "FLdigi modes" MFSK16 & PSK31 on this test.

If I do get received at home, the posits will be igated to the APRS Internet 
System (APRS-IS) and viewable on APRS.fi.


<http://APRS.fi/WA8LMF> (No SSID)    Standard 2M packet APRS on 144.390 MHz. 
(Generated by UIview and TS-700 transceiver)

<http://APRS.fi/WA8LMF-1> VARA mode  (Generated by VARA and UIview)

<http://APRS.fi/WA8LMF-2>      Classic AX.25 HF Packet (Generated by TinyTrack 
III+ in HF mode)


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Stephen H. Smith wa8lmf (at) aol.com
Skype:        WA8LMF
EchoLink:  Node #  14400  [Think bottom of the 2-meter band]
Home Page: http://wa8lmf.net

"Studio B" Ham Shack on Wheels
<http://WA8LMF.net/Aliner>

-- APRS over VARA  --
<http://wa8lmf.net/VARAforAPRS.htm>

60-Meter APRS!   HF NVIS APRS Igate Now Operating
<http://WA8LMF.net/map/>

Flying Digipeater!
<http://WA8LMF.net/FlyingDigi>



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