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<font size=3>At 11:21 AM 2013-09-03, Jason Low wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">> We had someone do an APRS
beacon 300 kms away from his QTH a while<br>
> back. He was a few hundred metres out which is why he
was<br>
> noticed.<br><br>
I think I know who you're talking about. Thanks to him, I know when every
flea market/garage sale and coffee meet is taking place and where all the
ham stores in his area are, and I'm 2-3 hops away from
him.</blockquote><br>
Yes, you do know who I mean. As well as the Flying J truck stop
last time I looked. I would've though you're two hops most of
the time from him. So for his objects I'd set the hops
at WIDE2-1.<br><br>
FWIW I happened to be in Three Hills, a small town an hours drive out of
Calgary on family business,. I was driving about and looked
at my Nuvi 360 screen. I saw a lot of APRS activity in the very
near vicinity and tracked them down. Turns out they had just
finished recovering a balloon and were having coffee. So I
went and joined him and the rest of the gang. Had a great time
chatting and learning. And that's one very nice thing about
APRS.<br><br>
Tony</font></body>
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