Except for getting stuck in traffic for an hour and half, the drive on 1 was great.
It looks like a digi on platform Harvest or Irene would cover much of the coast. Anyone have friends in the oil companies? =] I had one who managed to get me a tour of Harvest, but putting equipment out there would be another matter. I don't think any antennas or anything are permitted to be above the level of the helipad, either. Scott Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr) wrote: > > > Scott, > > The APRS coverage maps are now posted at: > > http://ldeffenb.dnsalias.net.nyud.net/Tracking/Requests/N1VG* > <http://ldeffenb.dnsalias.net.nyud.net/Tracking/Requests/N1VG*> (trailing > * required). > > Remember to zoom in on the higher final dash number. The ...D-10.png > ignores the infrastructure to zoom in on your actual source positions. > > You're right, there's a big hole in the middle of your trip, bot the > east and the west routes. That coastal drive must have been awesome! > > Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ > > Scott Miller wrote: > > > > > > N1VG-6 > > > > Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr) wrote: > > > > > > > > > What call-SSID did you use over the weekend? I'd like to generate some > > > coverage plots for you. > > > > > > Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ > > > > > > Scott Miller wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > I think there are instructions out there somewhere, but what you > > need is > > > > the Freescale CodeWarrior for Microcontrollers package. You'll > > need the > > > > full version (you can get a free eval) to compile the T2 code. > > > > > > > > You can find the SVN repository at www.argentdata.com/community. > > > > TortoiseSVN is what I use to access it. You'll find the SVN link > > on the > > > > Freepository site. > > > > > > > > Bulletins should show up. I know I've seen one or two while driving > > > > around. > > > > > > > > I finally got around to semi-permanently installing a T2-301 in my > > > > Pathfinder with a decent antenna. You can see my trip up 101 to San > > > > Francisco over the weekend, and back down highway 1. Coverage still > > > > sucks between Paso Robles and King City, and along the coast from Big > > > > Sur to San Simeon a digipeater would have to be offshore to get any > > > > coverage, but other than that it did quite well at 5 watts. > > > > > > > > Now to fix my IGate... > > > > > > > > Scott > > > > > > > > Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr) wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Greetings, > > > > > > > > > > Ok, I'm now happy with my T2-135s (KJ4ERJ-9 and KJ4ERJ-14) but > would > > > > > like to start tinkering with some firmware changes. Is there a > > > > > reference page that describes the tools and environment required to > > > > > build the firmware images? And where would I be able to > download the > > > > > latest source code? > > > > > > > > > > The first thing I'd like to try is to change STATUS so that > > COMMENT is > > > > > attached to every N beacons, rather than separate packet. If > > that works > > > > > out, then I'll maybe try some other things that I can't remember > > > > right now! > > > > > > > > > > Oh yeah, transmit received Bulletins to the Nuvi as received > > messages > > > > > unless it already does that! > > > > > > > > > > Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
