You have to admire Bob. No matter what you are doing, from the mundane to exotic, he has found a way for aprs to be an integral part. Maybe he should have been a salesman instead of a teacher...
----- Original Message ----- From: "Nate Duehr" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; "'AMSAT-BB'" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 7:55 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Tracking Friends at Dayton.. > On Wed, 13 May 2009 16:43:56 -0400, "Robert Bruninga" > <[email protected]> said: >> This year you can use your DTMF HT to report where you are >> hanging out at the Hamvention to about 120 feet just by sending >> two digits for your XY coordinate. > > LOL... > > If I were going to be there, I'm going to say via that same HT... > > "I'm standing in front of the Brautwurst stand." > > Faster than looking myself up on an arbitrary map, punching digits, > hoping my friend has the map... > > Cool idea, but not sure what problem it's a solution for? I guess if > I > broke my mic? > > Plus, 120' often isn't high enough "resolution". I've stood one stall > away from someone in the flea market looking for them before. :-) > > Oh well, don't mean to be nitpicky -- have fun at Dayton, all. Even > this would be "fun" I guess... I don't know... that's stretching it a > bit. > > FUN... is finding the repeater or other project parts you need... and > knowing you have a way to get them home! (GRIN) > > Nate WY0X > -- > Nate Duehr > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the > author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite > program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
