[VHFcontesting] Idita-Rover....Brilliant!

[Dave Wendling]

This year we are going to do half the Idita-Rover by starting off on the Sky line drive, VA and driving back up the coast to Northern MA or Southern VT. I dislike contesting with my laptop due to the need of a power inverter (noise). Is there anything I can use on my Palm to CQ for HamIM? I use PocketAprs which might work.  PocketAprs reads my GPS directly through my Kenwood TH7.  If this is a possibility I would love to experiment this January. I run my Kenwood into a 50 watt FM amp to a vertical on the roof of the Red Rover. Suddenly January is looking more interesting.  I could post my route and attempt to stick to a tight time table which would enable others to check the effectiveness of their setup.

Dave Wendling
kb1eaa at berkshire.rr.com
Home of Palm Rover Software
http:/www.home.nycap.rr.com/nugidoors/

"Ev Tupis (W2EV)" <w2ev at arrl.net> wrote:
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>Dave Wendling wrote:
>> My 
>> wife and I will be taking a Florida vacation about that time. So I 
>> was thinking of something between the Canon ball run and the 
>> Idida-Rover down the East coast. We want to set some kind of Grid 
>> record. I think we could activate at least 30, maybe more. What is 
>> the record anyway?
>
>I've often wondered what could be accomplished by someone who took the "Snowbelt
>to Sunshine Turnpike" in January.  Now THAT would be an adventure!
>
>Shameless plug: Imagine having your laptop (or Palm) connected to a GPS and a 2m
>FM transceiver, CQing every 5-minutes on 147.585 while others lurk, waiting for
>you to show up on their HamIM screens!  As you approached them (came within
>simplex range), they'd know it first and work you as you continued your
>travels!  Talk about efficiently operating! :)
>
>Here's hoping you do it some day (even without HamIM <grin>).  Very cool!
>
>Ev, W2EV
>-- 
>PropNET: If the band is open and no one is TXing, does anyone hear it?
>HamIM  : Messaging the all-ham way, find Rovers as they go to play.
>         That HamIM, that HamIM -- I'm sure you'll like that HamIM.
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>Ask me about either.  I'll send a URL and you can join the fun, too!
>
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