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<p><font face="Arial">I am departing on a cross-country road trip
from Michigan to southern California on Monday 22 September.
Expecting to arrive in Los Angeles, CA on Friday 26 Sept. The
return trip will be a week later -- 3 October to 8 October. <br>
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<p><font face="Arial">I will be experimenting again with HF
APRS-over-VARA, mostly on 40 meters this time, during the trip,
I may try 30 meters from time to time if 40 sounds dead. <br>
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<p><font face="Arial">The mobile setup is the same as in previous
tests -- Yaesu FT-891 at about 50 watts output into a
Quicksilver Radio "QuickStick" ham-stick-style slim mobile
whip. UIview linked to VARA running on a Panasonic Toughbook
laptop with a USB RigLink
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://catmeters.com/#USBRigLink"><http://catmeters.com/#USBRigLink></a> interface. <br>
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<p><font face="Arial">The usual two-meter beacons on 144.39 will use
<b>WA8LMF</b> (no SSID)<br>
The HF 30 or 40-meter APRS-over-VARA beacons will use <b>WA8LMF-3</b></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Because APRS-over-VARA has been so
overwhelmingly superior to traditional packet-based APRS on HF
in previous tests, I will not bother with conventional 300-baud
AX.25 packet-based APRS on HF at all. <b><br>
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<p><font face="Arial">Details on using APRS-over-VARA is here:</font></p>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://WA8LMF.net/VARA/APRSoverVARA/index.htm"><http://WA8LMF.net/VARA/APRSoverVARA/index.htm></a></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial">General topics on APRS over VARA here:</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"> <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://WA8LMF.net/VARA/index.htm"><http://WA8LMF.net/VARA/index.htm></a></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial">Live off-the-air maps of APRS-over-VARA
activity monitored from my home QTH in central Michigan are
here:</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"> <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://WA8LMF.net/map"><http://WA8LMF.net/map></a></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial">Real time tracker of WA8LMF based on 2-meter
and direct-to-Internet reports from cell phone is here:</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"> <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://WA8LMF.net/Tracker"><http://WA8LMF.net/Tracker></a></font></p>
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<hr width="100%" size="2"><font face="Arial">Stephen H. Smith
wa8lmf (at) aol.com <br>
MS Teams:: 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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"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/VARA/APRSoverVARA"><http://wa8lmf.net/VARA/APRSoverVARA></a><br>
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