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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Apparently the </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Motorola VRM650 UHF data radio should be available for almost free by the hundreds.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">These are Motorola VRM650 modems which I think are a 40 Watt MCS2000 radio with a different faceplate and only a DB9 rs232 port.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">We need to figure out an APRS application and figure out how to use them.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Apparently they are being forced out by FCC rules changes on the commercial bands.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">But we need someone that knows how they network together with data… AS-IS to see if we can use as is for some kind of Amateur Network.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></p><div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #cccccc 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><div><div><div><div><div><div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #cccccc 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #cccccc 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #cccccc 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">The first thing that comes to mind for me is to build the 2000 mile links along the Appalachians!</p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">We test the path every year in the GOlden Packet Event: <a href="http://aprs.org/at-golden-packet.html" target="_blank">http://aprs.org/at-golden-packet.html</a> </p></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Here is the link on the above page to our dreams for an East Coast backbone.<br><a href="http://aprs.org/ec9600net.html" target="_blank">http://aprs.org/ec9600net.html</a></p></div><p class="MsoNormal">Bob, WB4APR</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></div></blockquote></div></blockquote></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>