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<p><font face="Arial">On Wednesday 24 July, I will be departing for
the annual Evergreen, Colorado Jazz Festival
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://EvergreenJazz.org"><http://EvergreenJazz.org></a> happening this coming weekend.
Once again, I will be beaconing 30M HF APRS alternately on
classic 300-baud AX.25 packet and on VARA. This will again
provide a direct side-by-side comparison of the two modes. <br>
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<p><font face="Arial">On Wednesday 24 July, I will depart my QTH in
central Michigan (Haslett) and wll be stopping in Cedar Rapids,
Iowa the first night. </font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">On Thursday 25 July, I will be stopping at the
Nebraska/Colorado state line where Interstate 76 branches off
from I-80. <br>
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<p><font face="Arial">On Friday morning, I complete the last 4 hours
of the drive to Denver, and then up the mountains to Evergreen.
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<p><font face="Arial">The return trip will be Monday 29 July and
Tuesday 30 July.</font></p>
<hr width="100%" size="2"><font face="Arial">The radio setup is the
same as previous events: Three copies of UIview (2M VHF, 30M
AX.25 and 30M VARA) running on my Panasonic Toughbook mobile
laptop. Radio is Yaesu FT-891 running into a 30M Quicksilver
Radio "QuickStick" ham-stick type whip ball-mounted on the
left-rear corner of the car. (This time, I will NOT be towing
"Studio B", my radio trailer.) <br>
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<p><font face="Arial">The festival itself starts Friday afternoon
around 3 PM MDT, and goes all day Saturday and Sunday before
ending around 6:00 PM local. In addition to my own position, I
will be beaconing an APRS object for the festival. (At the main
venue, I have access to AC power so I can leave the radios and
computers running in the car during the event.)</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">My APRS webservers will be running, showing
what I can receive at home in Michigan during the trip. Go to:</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"> <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://WA8LMF.net/map"><http://WA8LMF.net/map></a></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">to select the main 30M AX.25 packet APRS
page, the 30M VARA APRS page, and the Special Events page.
In addition, the Road Trip Tracker page will be live. </font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">The two 30M pages only reflect what my home
station is hearing OFF THE AIR - there is no Internet feed.
The Special Events and Road Trip Tracker pages combine
off-the-air AND the APRS-IS Internet feed.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">AS usual, WA8LMF (no SSID) is 2M FM,
WA8LMF-2 is AX.25 HF, WA8LMF-3 is VARA HF.<br>
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<p><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>
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APRS-over-VARA igates now operating on 30 & 60 meters<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://WA8LMF.net/map"><http://WA8LMF.net/map></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>
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-- APRS over VARA --<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://wa8lmf.net/APRSoverVARA."><http://wa8lmf.net/APRSoverVARA.></a><br>
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