<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><br><blockquote type="cite">On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 06:59:07AM +1000, Jack Chomley wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Not sure if anyone has seen these....<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <a href="http://www.sarl.org.za/public/_news/AutoArticle.asp?ArtNo=12">http://www.sarl.org.za/public/_news/AutoArticle.asp?ArtNo=12</a><br></blockquote><br>Ah, SARL has on sale a 144.800 MHz version of<br>the Radiometrix's VCXO based NBFM transmitter.<br><br>It has custom ("non standard") oscillator frequency, thus one<br>must order at least a minimum quantity of N units.<br>(I don't see at Radiometrix web, what the N would be.)<br><br>Nothing new in itself, just that somebody has made the effort,<br>and ordered this custom frequency, and is selling it for hams<br>in South Africa.<br><br></blockquote><br><div>What custom ("non standard") frequency are you on about? 144.800 MHz is the correct frequency for APRS world-wide. It's only the USA that uses a custom (non-standard) one! </div><div><br></div><div>Sometimes it gets really frustrating that Americans can be so parochial -- always thinking that their view/regulations/frequency/digipeating is the only one that's right. Someone has gone to the effort to organise a self-contained device, on the right frequency for people outside the USA, and you seem to be detracting from it and their efforts. Good on them!</div><div><br></div><div>-- </div><div>Regards</div><div>Andy, G8TQH</div><div><br></div><div> </div></body></html>