[VHFcontesting] APRS Comment

[John D'Ausilio]

The assumption would be that we're all on some frequency other than
.39, and the intention is only to alert stations in range of our
existence. One of the most frustrating things about roving is trying
to get the fixed station's attention! Skeds are mostly ineffective for
rovers who aren't extremely focused on keeping to a schedule .. if I
get to a location and conditions are great and there's a bunch of
microwave contacts lined up I'll be running late in that grid :)

de w1rt/r john

On 3/1/07, John Geiger <johngeig at yahoo.com> wrote:
> That is true, a simplex APRS contact should be valid.
> But if you use APRS in such a way that you know you
> are going to appear on the internet APRS map, then it
> starts to run into problems with the rules.  The same
> is true if I tell someone to put me on the cluster.
>
> 73s John W5TD
>
> --- John D'Ausilio <jdausilio at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On 3/1/07, Rogers, Ron <RR124640 at ncr.com> wrote:
> > > So guys,
> > >
> > > Does that also say that everyone must cease the
> > common practice of notifying everyone on this
> > reflector prior to a contest via e-mail your
> > intended grid route, actual intended locations, and
> > times of operation in those grids ?
> > >
> >
> > For that matter, does it mean that advertising your
> > presence by making
> > qsos during the contest is self-spotting? A simplex
> > APRS exchange is
> > no different than any other simplex FM contact.
> >
> > de w1rt/r john
> >
>
>
>
>
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