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--></style></head><body bgcolor="white" 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">That is why the Talkin station needs an APRS display.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">And why the OBJECT needs the frequency in FREQUENCY format so the APRS mobile can instantly QSY to talkin.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">911 is not used often either by most people. I have not used it in 71 years. But it should be manned and ready.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Bob, Wb4APR</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"> Stephen H. Smith <<a href="mailto:wa8lmf2@aol.com">wa8lmf2@aol.com</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 15, 2019 11:50 AM<br><b>To:</b> Robert Bruninga <<a href="mailto:bruninga@usna.edu">bruninga@usna.edu</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [aprssig] APRS Invasion of Dayton (actually Xenia, OH) Has Begun! (Talkin?)</span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On 5/15/2019 10:51 AM, Robert Bruninga wrote:</p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">There is even a Hamvenition OBJECT, but I woiuld think it should include the FREQUENCY of the TALKIN too.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Bob, WB4aPR</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p></blockquote><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. </p><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. ]</p><p> </p><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. </p><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). </p><p>_______________________________________</p><p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Stephen H. Smith wa8lmf (at) <a href="http://aol.com">aol.com</a> <br>Skype: WA8LMF<br>EchoLink: Node # 14400 [Think bottom of the 2-meter band]<br>Home Page: <a href="http://wa8lmf.net">http://wa8lmf.net</a><br><br>Live Off-The-Air APRS Activity Maps<br> <a href="http://wa8lmf.net/map"><http://wa8lmf.net/map></a><br><br>Long-Range APRS on 30 Meters HF <br> <a href="http://wa8lmf.net/aprs/HF_APRS_Notes.htm"><http://wa8lmf.net/aprs/HF_APRS_Notes.htm></a></p><p> </p><p> </p></div></body></html>