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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">The UHF freq for APRS comes up every now and then. Here is what I know.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="color:#1f497d"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="color:#1f497d">We use 445.925 on UHF for both APRS voice channel and APRS UHF for events. </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="color:#1f497d"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="color:#1f497d">Using operator-to-operator voice here avoids interference with 2m APRS.</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="color:#1f497d"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="color:#1f497d">Also for some events, operating APRS combined with Voice Alert has value.</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="color:#1f497d"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="color:#1f497d">I don’t think we want any dedicated permanent UHF links on 445.925</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="color:#1f497d"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">5)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="color:#1f497d">445.925 is NOT an APRS frequency in southern California due to other uses</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="color:#1f497d"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">6)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="color:#1f497d">There is no national UHF or 9600 channel that I know of. </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="color:#1f497d"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">7)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="color:#1f497d">The only permanent APRS UHF net I know of is in the Pacific Northwest on 440.800 (or 440.875?) at 9600 baud.</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Bob, WB4APR</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></body></html>