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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=559381804-21052006>Yeah,
the PT may not give enough oomph, and a digipath of WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1 would
likely work better mobile.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=559381804-21052006>Good
luck.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=559381804-21052006>73,
Cap KE6AFE</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
aprssig-bounces@lists.tapr.org [mailto:aprssig-bounces@lists.tapr.org]<B>On
Behalf Of </B>John Habbinga<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, May 20, 2006 20:58
PM<BR><B>To:</B> TAPR APRS Mailing List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [aprssig]
motorcycle mobile tracker<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>With a Pockettracker you should
probably be within about 2 miles of a digipeater. I noticed that you are
using the path WIDE3-3. I guess the new WIDEn-N paradigm is
working!<BR><BR>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 5/20/06, <B class=gmail_sendername>bob
evinger</B> <<A href="mailto:wd9eka@evinger.com">wd9eka@evinger.com</A>>
wrote:</SPAN>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">I
completed a 3,860 mile ride about a week ago. Had a pockettracker in
the<BR>trunk of my goldwing feeding a 5/8 antenna. I am seriously thinking I
need<BR>to upgrade to something with more oomph.<BR><BR>I was on the road 8
days, was able to check my findu status with my cell <BR>phone and with the
power out of the pocket tracker it just didnt get it.<BR>I have an igate at
home so I had some reports within my first 10-20 miles.<BR>I went south from
Marshall, IL using state highways to Cairo. Interstate <BR>south to memphis
down to just north of New Orleans then west on I-10 to El<BR>Paso. up
through the Gila national forest, by the VLA near magdalena, NM.<BR>Into
Socorro to Chama across some 10K foot passes into colorado and then
<BR>picked up I-70 east and home.<BR><BR>ON that trip the only obvious
places I seem to report were. while at home,<BR>next one I can verify was
Baton Rouge, then I think I showed up in El<BR>Paso, TX, then
Socorro, nm next one I had anybody spot me at was Hays, KS, <BR>then I think
ST. Louis area and when I got back home.<BR><BR>Are the digis that sparse
along my route or do I just need a few more<BR>watts? If power is an issue,
anybody else running m/c mobile with aprs, or<BR>anyone with opinions on
what the ideal output power would be. I had run a <BR>tiny
tracker with external radio in my car at one point and always had<BR>good
luck with that until I had equipment failure.<BR><BR>I ride the m/c a lot
and if I am going to bother to haul a GPS and aprs<BR>gear on it, I want to
at least get a little bit better chance at being <BR>heard.<BR><BR>Not
planning any more big rides for this year but even my sometimes 200<BR>mile
round trips from marshall to indianapolis leaves lots of big holes(<BR>as in
received through my igate, then kb9qjm-10 at cloverdale indiana and <BR>once
in a great while I get relayed to the outside world on the east side<BR>of
Indy.<BR><BR>Woa, this got longer than I had intended. I just need to do
something to<BR>improve the signal but not take up a lot of space, or just
pull the aprs <BR>gear out
altogether.<BR><BR>Suggestions???<BR>bob m/c
aprs wd9eka-9<BR><BR><BR>Bob Evinger
EMT-I WD9EKA/AAR5MG(Army MARS operator)<BR>The public highway
system is not Daytona, and you are not Jeff
Gordon.<BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>aprssig
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</A><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><BR clear=all><BR>-- <BR>John Habbinga,
KC5ZRQ<BR>Lubbock, Texas<BR><A
href="http://find-you.com/cgi-bin/find.cgi?call=KC5ZRQ*">http://find-you.com/cgi-bin/find.cgi?call=KC5ZRQ*</A>
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