Chicken, meet egg.<br><br>73, <br>Eric WG3K<br><br><br>Sent from ProtonMail mobile<br><br><br><br>-------- Original Message --------<br>On May 15, 2019, 12:09, Stephen H. Smith via aprssig < aprssig@lists.tapr.org> wrote:<blockquote class="protonmail_quote"><br><html>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/15/2019 10:51 AM, Robert
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is even a Hamvenition OBJECT, but I woiuld think it should
include the FREQUENCY of the TALKIN too.</span></p>
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<p>The object is mine, and is going out on both RF (two hops) and
Internet. It hits the "boomer" digipeater CHLSEA, (at 600
feet on a TV broadcast tower about 15 miles-24 Km west of Ann
Arbor, MI) on the first hop from my QTH in East Lansing, MI. It
then hits about 3 digis in northern and central Ohio
simultaneously on the second hop. <br>
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<p>[Most of the stations showing on the primary map of the Special
Event Webserver (currently covering the greater Dayton metro
area) are being heard here in central Michigan via RF in
addition to the Internet -- a distance of about 200 miles (320
Km). Again, due to CHLSEA's enormous coverage. ]<br>
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<p>In this era of Garmin navigators and GPS-enabled smart phones,
does anyone even use talk-in stations anymore? I have
repeatedly seen talk-in setups at hamfests and swaps almost
always idle, or even unmanned. <br>
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<p>The vast majority of incoming mobiles are NOT APRS-equipped
(and the vast majority of talkin setups are also not
APRS-equipped). The result is that the average talk-in is nearly
a complete waste of time as the mobile fumbles and stumbles to
describe where they are to the talkin operator (if there even is
one). <br>
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<p>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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Long-Range APRS on 30 Meters HF <br>
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