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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Bob,</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">here is a little more info for those that would like to follow our tests</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> (trials)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Annapolis, MD iGate/Digi:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN><A HREF="http://www.db0anf.de/app/aprs/stations/digiusers-N3UJJ-50?sort=lastheard-d"><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri">http://www.db0anf.de/app/aprs/stations/digiusers-N3UJJ-50?sort=lastheard-d</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Balt</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">imore, MD</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri"> iGate/Digi</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN><A HREF="http://www.db0anf.de/app/aprs/stations/digiusers-N3UKI-50?sort=lastheard-d"><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri">http://www.db0anf.de/app/aprs/stations/digiusers-N3U</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri">KI</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri">-50?sort=lastheard-d</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><I> <FONT FACE="Calibri">(will be operational</FONT></I></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><I> <FONT FACE="Calibri">08.16.2009)</FONT></I></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Fairfax, VA iGate/Digi:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN><A HREF="http://www.db0anf.de/app/aprs/stations/digiusers-K7BC-6?sort=lastheard-d"><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri">http://www.db0anf.de/app/aprs/stations/digiusers-</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri">K7BC-6</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri">?sort=lastheard-d</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Annapolis Tracker:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN><A HREF="http://aprs.fi/?call=N3UJJ-6"><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri">http://aprs.fi/?call=N3UJJ-6</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">(2-meter tracker in same vehicle</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN><A HREF="http://aprs.fi/?call=N3UJJ-9"><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri">http://aprs.fi/?call=N3UJJ-9</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">)</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Baltimore Trackers to be announced</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Virginia Tracker:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN><A HREF="http://aprs.fi/?call=KA2ZEV-6"><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri">http://aprs.fi/?call=KA2ZEV-6</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> (</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">2-meter tracker in same vehicle</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN><A HREF="http://aprs.fi/?call=KA2ZEV-5"><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri">http://aprs.fi/?call=KA2ZEV-5</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">)</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">-----Original Message-----<BR>
From: aprssig-bounces@tapr.org [<A HREF="mailto:aprssig-bounces@tapr.org">mailto:aprssig-bounces@tapr.org</A>] On Behalf Of Robert Bruninga<BR>
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 14:55<BR>
To: 'TAPR APRS Mailing List'<BR>
Subject: [aprssig] 6m APRS in Maryland/Nova</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">There is a local flurry of APRS tracker activity on 50.62 in the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Maryland, Northern VA area the last week or so as several</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">mobiles are out</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">their</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> driving around comparing 6m APRS to 2m</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">APRS.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">This does not rule out the possibility of some DX</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">propagation</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">So if you have a 6m APRS receiver, tune in to 50.62 MHz and see</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">if you capture anything.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Rare, but maybe.. Too bad I did not think to ask them to run</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">all night on Wed night during the Persieds meteor shower! </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">When</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">we used to do APRS activity nights during meteor showers, 6m was</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">far better than 2 meters, and it worked!</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"><A HREF="http://aprs.org/APRS-docs/METEOR.TXT">http://aprs.org/APRS-docs/METEOR.TXT</A></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Bob, Wb4aPR</FONT></SPAN></P>
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