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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/3/2017 10:20 PM, Ralph Milnes
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<div>Thanks All for the terrific suggestions.
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<div>For my simple needs, I opted for the iPhone app "APRS Tx"
for $1, and I'm delighted.</div>
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<div>I can enter the APRS symbol code of my choice and the
phone's GPS automatically enters the coords. It also lets me
set the beacon rate. As long as I'm within wifi or cellular
data coverage, I'm in business. I used it today in eastern
Colorado and Nebraska (North Platte) where the APRS RF network
didn't seem to be hearing my radio (but that could be operator
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<div>Ralph NM5RM</div>
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That part of the world is a complete black hole for APRS. Once you
get about 20 miles west of Grand Island, NE (used to be Lincoln, NE)
there is absolutely NOTHING until you get within 75 miles of Denver
(somewhere between Ft Morgan and Wiggins, CO) and start hitting the
digis in the Front Range of the Rockies about 5000 feet above
Denver. <br>
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That 300 mile stretch of I-80 and I-76 is where I use 30 meters HF
APRS to be seen!<br>
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<hr size="2" width="100%">Stephen H. Smith wa8lmf (at) aol.com <br>
Skype: WA8LMF<br>
EchoLink: Node # 14400 [Think bottom of the 2-meter band]<br>
Home Page: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wa8lmf.net">http://wa8lmf.net</a><br>
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Live Off-The-Air APRS Activity Maps<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://wa8lmf.net/map"><http://wa8lmf.net/map></a><br>
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Long-Range APRS on 30 Meters HF <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://wa8lmf.net/aprs/HF_APRS_Notes.htm"><http://wa8lmf.net/aprs/HF_APRS_Notes.htm></a><br>
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