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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">It is in fact only on the KPC-3+, not
on the non-plus version. You can read all about it at:<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://blog.aprs.fi/2011/03/kantronics-kpc3-considered-harmful.html">http://blog.aprs.fi/2011/03/kantronics-kpc3-considered-harmful.html</a><br>
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Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE for Windows Mobile and
Win32<br>
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On 1/26/2016 12:31 PM, noskosteve--- via aprssig wrote:<br>
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Sent:Tue, 26 Jan 2016 10:01:50 -0600<br>
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Subject:Q: Delayed Packet Problem.<br>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size:12pt">One of the
locals appears to be (have been) so aflicted.<br>
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Finding myself characterized as the local APRS guru, I was asked
about it...<br>
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Is the delayed packet problem only on the KPC3, or is it also on
the KPC3+ ?<br>
Where (site) is this story told so I can refer them to it??<br>
Further detail not needed here. <br>
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Regards, Steve K9DCI<br>
Science & Technical Advisor<br>
challengerillinois.org<br>
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-------- Original Message --------<br>
From:Steve Dimse via aprssig <aprssig@tapr.org><br>
Sent:Mon, 25 Jan 2016 22:40:39 -0600<br>
To:TAPR APRS Mailing List <aprssig@tapr.org><br>
Subject:Re: [aprssig] SATgates ? (again)<br>
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> On Jan 25, 2016, at 8:11 AM, Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr) via
aprssig <aprssig@tapr.org> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> If the purpose of the APRS satellites is to provide a
super-long-range digipeater to ensure packet delivery from
remote areas, then the current system is working fine. If the
purpose of the APRS satellites is to give people visibility that
their packets actually traversed through space, then that's the
same thing as asking to use the APRS-IS as an RF analysis tool
which is beyond its design requirements.<br>
> <br>
Many people do want confirmation of their packets being heard in
space. Really this is no different than the QSL cards that were
once central to ham radio and still quite popular. It is
certainly a valid amateur activity and not one to be slighted.<br>
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In general I'm the first to point out the unsuitability of APRS
for propagation studies, but for the most part the APRS IS does
work for this particular case. It fails in a particular
circumstance, where an IGate is local to the person trying to be
heard via satellite. If an IGate author were to include the
satellite mode option of filtering directly heard stations it
would go a long way to solving that issue. There would be one
program we could point people to to solve this problem in the
locations where it occurs.<br>
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The lack of a satellite mode IGate also has lowered the number
of IGates we have on 145.825. I know of one case where, when he
complained to me about not appearing on findU and I explained
the dup problem, the operator turned off his IGate so he could
be seen on findU. There are probably more examples and that is
too bad because we need more IGates. I used to brag that the
APRS IS created the world's largest diversity receiver with the
HF gates on 10.151. That is probably no longer true, but maybe
145.825 could be a similar bragging point for APRS, if only we
could get more IGates. There is certainly more need than with
10.151 because of the polarization, antenna blocking, and line
of sight issues.<br>
<br>
Steve K4HG<br>
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