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<DIV dir=ltr>Greetings, all.<BR><BR>I just had an interesting voyage, riding the Amtrak #27 "Empire Builder" from Chicago to Washington state, with my APRS gear with me. You can look up the track on aprs.fi (KA2DDO-9, between August 22nd and 24th). I saved a screenshot of the run on my website as well. <A href="http://www.ka2ddo.org/ka2ddo/traintracks22-24Aug.png" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://www.ka2ddo.org/ka2ddo/traintracks22-24Aug.png</A><BR><BR>I noticed several things on the trip:<BR><BR>1. There are huge spans with no digipeater/I-gate coverage at all along the route. In the screenshot, note the places where I was able to report position over Internet connectivity but not by 2m radio (obvious because of no nearby digi's).<BR><BR>2. The coverage for AT&T cellular service was better than for 2m APRS (I could maintain an APRS-IS connection over a wireless hotspot in places where I couldn't hit a digi), but still had holes.<BR><BR>3. Don't use
adhesive tape to stick a twin-lead J-pole to the window; it won't hold but will leave a glue residue behind. :-)<BR><BR>4. I found a few more bugs in my YAAC program along the way regarding mobile operation, and have been fixing them (next build due out this week).<BR><BR>5. It was fun, being able to work the rig safely without having to worry about driving.<BR><BR>Andrew Pavlin, KA2DDO </DIV></DIV></DIV>
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