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face="Times New Roman">I have had several email exchanges with Jean Paul, F6SDM,
the Sysop for F6KPH, regarding its crossband operations. I am sorry to say that
he and the committee of Radio Club Tarbes see no reason to stop the crossbanding
of 1200bd APRS from VHF and UHF frequencies. Jean Paul mistakenly relates APRS
to the old Packet network where nodes were interconnected using various bands.
The same protocols may be used on both systems but there the similarity
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face="Times New Roman">Today, 26<SUP>th</SUP> March, in a few hours I have
logged 30 stations being crossbanded by F6KPH but other than their beacons there
has been no communication with any stations on 30m or between any of them as far
as I can tell. So what is the point I ask?<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face="Times New Roman">Better news regarding HB9MM. The Sysop Christophe,
HB9TJM, advises me that HB9MM does not crossband 2m universally. Because of the
high remote location of the station it necessary to gain access to the station
via 2m for test purposes.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face="Times New Roman">However with F6KPH continuing to crossband, HB9MM and
some other stations are of little consequence. The 30m band is ideal for APRS
and if it is thought that Net14 should have a 30m fall back frequency I would
suggest that as of 1<SUP>st</SUP> March we should QSY to 10.146,5 MHz LSB (+
510Hz for AGWPE) or 10.143,1 MHz USB (- 510Hz for AGWPE). I have monitored the
frequency from time to time and it seems clear of any regular operations.
Hopefully some of the Net14 operators that run digis on 30m will
QSY.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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