[Fourlanders] APRS with Rovers?

[Rogers, Ron]

The problem with depending upon a cellular telephone service to be an
ISP on Soco Bald is the same problem we have just getting reliable
cellular telephone coverage up there.  It's hit and miss.
 
We are already a lot higher in elevation than any of the cellular sites
that all have "down tilt" patterns to their antennas. That's why our
cell phone signal strengths up there are "hot spot" at best and rely
purely on terrain reflection.   
 
The are companies that will rent you PCMCIA cellular ISP cards for a day
or 2. But when you look at their service coverage maps for Soco Bald
area (Verizon and AT&T) , we are not even in the picture.
 
That's why I suggested looking into possible satellite ISP service just
for grins.  It would be ideal for us.
 

Ron  
WW8RR 

 

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From: Paul Yeager, ABR(R), REALTOR(R) [mailto:paul at mtnlist.com] 
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 1:42 PM
To: wa4kxy at bellsouth.net; Rogers, Ron; 'Fourlanders'
Subject: Re: [Fourlanders] APRS with Rovers?


Of cellular carriers in the area, Verizon works best.  

I think last time we had internet on the mountain, Brian had a wireless
(802.11) access point with a PCMCIA slot in his truck at the eastern end
of the site.  The PCMCIA slot contained a cellular wireless card, and I
don't recall if the link from there to the rest of our network was wired
or wireless.


Jim Worsham <wa4kxy at bellsouth.net> wrote: 

	Anyone with a cellular data card and an unlimited data plan want
to loan us
	the card for the weekend? Paul, do you know what cellular
carriers work
	well on that mountain top? I know that AT&T is kind of spotty.
Anyone ever
	tried Verizon or one of the other wireless carriers while we
have been there
	in the past?
	
	73
	Jim, W4KXY
	
	-----Original Message-----
	From: fourlanders-bounces at contesting.com
	[mailto:fourlanders-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Rogers,
Ron
	Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 6:16 PM
	To: Fourlanders
	Subject: Re: [Fourlanders] APRS with Rovers?
	
	Agreed......the only capability W4NH needs is to be able to get
to one of
	the web sites to monitor the locations of rovers using APRS and
"beaconing"
	their coordinates.
	
	Ron
	WW8RR 
	
	________________________________
	
	From: fourlanders-bounces at contesting.com on behalf of Jim
Worsham
	Sent: Sat 3/22/2008 5:40 PM
	To: 'Paul Yeager, ABR(R), REALTOR(R)'; 'Fourlanders'
	Subject: Re: [Fourlanders] APRS with Rovers?
	
	
	Texting is not allowed. The rovers are allowed to beacon
callsign and
	location only. I am not even sure we need to be able to
transmit, just
	receive. As a matter of fact, if we can get internet access
again there are
	websites we can go to that display the location of the rovers.
No APRS
	required. I would like to see us work towards getting internet
access on
	the mountain top. That would be more useful than APRS. We had it
one year
	and it was very helpful on 6 to be able to look at spots, check
propagation,
	etc. I am not sure I remember how we got it that one time. I
believe
	someone had a laptop with a cellular data card.
	
	73
	Jim, W4KXY
	
	-----Original Message-----
	From: fourlanders-bounces at contesting.com
	[mailto:fourlanders-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Paul
Yeager,
	ABR(R), REALTOR(R)
	Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 6:27 PM
	To: Fourlanders
	Subject: [Fourlanders] APRS with Rovers?
	
	A few months back, I recall some discussion of using APRS during
the next
	contest for coordination with rovers. Is there still interest in
this?
	
	It seems to me that there is value in this, even if just in the
ability to
	rapidly determine the bearing to the rover. The possibility of
exchanging
	text messages with rovers could also be useful.
	
	I have an APRS digi on Eagles Nest Mountain (EGLNST) that is
about 6 miles
	from the contest site at about 5200 feet elevation. This should
be workable
	from the contest site with very low power, minimizing the
interference with
	other 2m operations. I am working to establish an alternate
input frequency
	on my digi, which would make it even easier to work on low
power.
	
	Also, I have been using UI-View32, which has a server function
built in.
	This would allow computer connected to a TNC and radio to share
access to
	that radio and TNC with other computers running the same
software on our
	LAN.
	
	So.. my question is... are any of the rovers going to be dointg
this... do
	we want to do this in June?
	
	73 de W4SKI
	
	
	
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