APRS is a good idea if it gets checked.
Right now I don’t have anything for it. That will need to wait I have a lot
more important things to get working before mid January :-)
I searched for rover status online and came up with some references to it but
the website overstates.info doesn’t appear to work any more.
I searched in the Apple app store and didn’t find anything either.
> On Dec 17, 2019, at 7:46 PM, Sean Waite <waisean@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> There is the "roverstatus" app that I've used before - it takes your GPS
> location and a note (frequency or whatever) and beacons to Twitter, that
> gets scraped and posted to the cluster and to APRS-IS.
>
> Honestly, while I've beaconed both with the app and with a mobile radio
> dedicated to APRS I have to wonder if it is ever at all useful. Does anyone
> watch APRS for rovers?
>
> 73
> Sean WA1TE
>
> On Tue, Dec 17, 2019, 19:40 Detrick Merz <detrick@merzhaus.org> wrote:
>
>> This is an underrated tactic in VHF contesting. Roving is chaotic, so using
>> APRS is a fantastic idea. With a bit of automation, your beacons can report
>> not only your location, but current band/mode/etc. Do it with something
>> like a Raspberry Pi and you now have a reliable time source for those
>> time-sensitive digital modes. Not to mention a way for your logging
>> software to always know what grid you're in automatically, and the ability
>> to let you quickly know what heading to use to aim at another station. I've
>> never quite understood why APRS hasn't seemed to take off for VHF roving.
>>
>> -detrick
>> K4IZ
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 8:44 PM <barry@k7bwh.com> wrote:
>>
>>> When I'm roving, I beacon my position to everyone via APRS.
>>> I announce it in advance so then they can track me at
>> http://aprs.fi/k7bwh
>>> to know where to point.
>>> I'm certain it provides a few more contacts and simplifies my driving
>>> duties. I can work people over and over, each time I move into a new grid
>>> square.
>>> VHF contests are great!
>>> Barry K7BWH
>>> Seattle, WA CN87us
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting-bounces@contesting.com> On Behalf Of
>>> Mark
>>> Spencer
>>> Sent: Monday, December 16, 2019 5:33 PM
>>> To: Drew Arnett <kb9fko@gmail.com>
>>> Cc: vhfcontesting@contesting.com
>>> Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] VHFcontesting Digest, Vol 204, Issue 14
>>>
>>> When roving I try to keep a radio listening to 50 MHz at all times (even
>> if
>>> I can only use a whip antenna.)
>>>
>>> Mark S
>>> VE7AFZ
>>>
>>> mark@alignedsolutions.com
>>> 604 762 4099
>>>
>>>> On Dec 16, 2019, at 5:17 PM, Drew Arnett <kb9fko@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> If 6 is open, 6 is busy. :-) Have had some sporadic E either June or
>>>> January show up late say 9 or 10p local.
>>>>
>>>> Overnight seems to be empty for normal contacts. That's why I added
>>>> learning WSJTX to do meteor scatter during the early morning hours. I
>>>> haven't played seriously in the VHF since getting up to speed on that,
>>>> but I figured it would be a great way to add multipliers and to fill
>>>> some of that dead time.
>>>>
>>>> But for regular phone VHF+ QSOs, it's the sorts of time folks can jump
>>>> on the radio. Usually pick up different folks on different days (as
>>>> some can't play both days) and pick up some in the evening when they
>>>> get a chance to play for a bit. So figure stuff like that. Any game
>>>> of interest will impact participation as well.
>>>>
>>>> I love the VHF contests. Have fun!
>>>>
>>>> Drew
>>>> n7da
>>>>
>>>>> Message: 4
>>>>> Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2019 15:03:39 +0000 (UTC)
>>>>> From: Buddy Morgan <beamar@aol.com>
>>>>> To: VHFcontesting@contesting.com
>>>>> Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Busy times during VHF contests
>>>>> Message-ID: <511910270.9195431.1576508619696@mail.yahoo.com>
>>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
>>>>>
>>>>> In a contest results article, in QST, some years ago, it said that
>> more
>>> contacts were made in the first hour of the contest, than any other time.
>>> That only thing I can add: I have never made a QSO between 2300 and 0600,
>>> local time.
>>>>>
>>>>> Buddy WB4OMG
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