[Fourlanders] APRS with Rovers?

Mon Mar 24 14:16:13 EDT 2008

Well, if we want to see rovers who beacon their position via APRS, there is always good old ham radio!

"Rogers, Ron" <RR124640 at ncr.com> wrote:     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    

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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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