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<p><font face="Arial">[Friday 15 Dec 2023 15:15 local (US
Eastern time / 2000 UTC ]<br>
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<p><font face="Arial">Tomorrow (Saturday 16 Dec 2023) I will be
conducting another 60 meters road test of APRS over classic
AX.25 HF packet <b>vs</b> APRS over the VARA
high-performance HF modem. This is another trip from Lansing,
MI to Traverse City, MI - about 200 miles/360 km each way. <br>
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<p><font face="Arial">I will be beaconing alternately as WA8LMF-2
on classic packet APRS, and as WA8LMF-1 on VARA. Radio setup
is the usual - Yaesu FT-891 running into an MFJ 60-meter
hamstick mobile antenna on 60M "Channel 5" 5.403.5 MHz USB.
Peak power output will be about 50 watts in both modes.
Receive/igatre setup at home is another FT-891 and a
mini-dipole made of two 60M mobile hamsticks mounted
horizontally about 12 feet / 2.9 meters above the ground to
maximize NVIS receive. <br>
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<p><font face="Arial">I expect to depart around 09:30 local (US
Eastern time) / 14:30 UTC. The drive takes about 4 1/2 hours
so the trip up will be entirely during daylight optimum NVIS
propagation hours. The return trip will start in the late
afternoon, during the period of
twilight-to-long-range-nighttime propagation. Depart /
return times subject to change!<br>
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<p><font face="Arial">Hopefully, my presence will show on my own
60M UIview UI-Webserver maps. Go to <a
class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://WA8LMF.net/map"><http://WA8LMF.net/map></a>
for the links to the various UIview mapping web servers on
60M. NOTE: I am not using the "FLdigi modes" MFSK16 &
PSK31 on this test. <br>
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<p><font face="Arial">If I do get received at home, the posits
will be igated to the APRS Internet System (APRS-IS) and
viewable on APRS.fi.</font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial"> </font><font face="Arial"> <a
class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://APRS.fi/WA8LMF"><http://APRS.fi/WA8LMF></a>
(No SSID) Standard 2M packet APRS on 144.390 MHz.
(Generated by UIview and TS-700 transceiver)<br>
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<p><font face="Arial"> <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="http://APRS.fi/WA8LMF-1"><http://APRS.fi/WA8LMF-1></a>
VARA mode (Generated by VARA and UIview)<br>
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<p><font face="Arial"> <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="http://APRS.fi/WA8LMF-2"><http://APRS.fi/WA8LMF-2></a>
Classic AX.25 HF Packet (Generated by TinyTrack III+ in
HF mode)</font></p>
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<hr width="100%" size="2"><font face="Arial">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>
<br>
"Studio B" Ham Shack on Wheels<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="http://WA8LMF.net/Aliner"><http://WA8LMF.net/Aliner></a><br>
<br>
-- APRS over VARA --<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="http://wa8lmf.net/VARAforAPRS.htm"><http://wa8lmf.net/VARAforAPRS.htm></a><br>
<br>
60-Meter APRS! HF NVIS APRS Igate Now Operating<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="http://WA8LMF.net/map/"><http://WA8LMF.net/map/></a><br>
<br>
Flying Digipeater!<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="http://WA8LMF.net/FlyingDigi"><http://WA8LMF.net/FlyingDigi></a><br>
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