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Robert Bruninga wrote:
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<pre wrap="">... APRS can now do global CQ's. CQ FD works via
the centralizeed CQSRVR application written by AE5PL.
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/CQFD.html">http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/CQFD.html</a>
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We made about 30 APRS contacts using CQSRVR. The highest number
of users logged on that I saw was 15 at one time.. My FD site
was margnial, but packets started getting reliable in the
evening and I did a lot better with my D7 APRS field Day
station.
I wonder if Pete can garner any statistics from the CQSRVR?
You can see my messages logged by FINDU at:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/msg.cgi?call=WB4APR-4">http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/msg.cgi?call=WB4APR-4</a>
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You must have been able to transmit far better than you received. I
worked a number of stations on the first call after hearing their CQ.
However, I had to call you repeatedly over several hours before I got
ACKed. [I was operating under K6AGF, the club station for the
Tri-County ARA about 25 miles east of Los Angeles. ] Also tried once
under my own call of WA8LMF. <br>
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I provided the digital modes station for K6AGF. I just parked my
Jetta TDI with the mobile laptop setup <br>
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[ pic here <a href="http://wa8lmf.net/mobile/index.htm">http://wa8lmf.net/mobile/index.htm</a>]
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at the edge of the Field Day site, unpacked and assembled my 30-foot
tall screw-together mast and secured it by backing my right-rear tire
over it's base plate. The mast, which is actually a military HF whip,
screws together from 54"
sections that stow in the trunk of the car. When assembled, the
self-supporting whip is almost a full quarter-wave on 40 meters when
end-fed with a tuner. It's not really intended to support any load but
I had a Diamond 770 no-ground-plane 2M/450 mobile whip, fed by 35
feet of white Teflon coax, clamped to the top of the mast. In
addition, an extremely lightweight ladder-line-fed 105-foot dipole
(made from #22 AWG teflon-insulated wire) was hitched up about 2 feet
below the top of the mast and fed by an Icom AH4 coupler. Less than
10 minutes to setup for fixed coverage for all bands on the Yaesu
FT-100! <br>
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[ Field Day site pics here <a href="http://wa8lmf.net/TCARA_FD2008">http://wa8lmf.net/TCARA_FD2008 </a>
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I paralleled the normal isolated 50AH AGM deep-cycle 2nd battery in the
trunk of the car, that powers my electronics, with an additional 75 AH
of Cyclon
comm-site gel-cells for the event. I had to start the TDI's diesel
engine and idle to recharge about 15 mins every three hours. The
battery plant was adequate to power the Kenwood D700, the FT-100D, the
Panasonic Toughbook CF-51 laptop, a 12VDC 12" electric fan, a 7W 12"
fluorescent lamp and the SSTV "Mobile LiveCAM". <br>
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Note the Reflectix radiant barrier (aluminized
cellular Mylar sheet) on the OUTSIDE of the front and back windows of
the car. This stuff weighs almost nothing, rolls up into amost no
space at all, and is fantastically
effective in keeping the interior of the car cool even in
90-degree direct sun. It also keeps the interior dark enough for
comfortable computer operation. <br>
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Stephen H. Smith wa8lmf (at) aol.com <br>
EchoLink Node: 14400 [Think bottom of the 2M band]<br>
Home Page: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wa8lmf.com">http://wa8lmf.com</a> --OR-- <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wa8lmf.net">http://wa8lmf.net</a><br>
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NEW! World Digipeater Map<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wa8lmf.net/APRSmaps">http://wa8lmf.net/APRSmaps</a><br>
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JavAPRS Filter Port 14580 Guide <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wa8lmf.net/aprs/JAVaprsFilters.htm">http://wa8lmf.net/aprs/JAVaprsFilters.htm</a><br>
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"APRS 101" Explanation of APRS Path Selection & Digipeating <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wa8lmf.net/DigiPaths">http://wa8lmf.net/DigiPaths</a> <br>
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Updated "Rev H" APRS <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wa8lmf.net/aprs">http://wa8lmf.net/aprs</a><br>
Symbols Set for UI-View, <br>
UIpoint and APRSplus:<br>
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