Hi Curt, Typically, WIDE1-1, WIDE2-1 is a bit friendlier. WIDE2-2 adds an extra hop which usually isn't really needed if you get to the first DIGI. I ran from NH-AR-NH twice last summer. If there was a DIGI: I hit an IGATE. The extra hop would have reached out to 250 miles plus most of the time. In some cases, I hopped that far anyway just because of the coverage of some DIGIs. The 5/8 should work very well for you. Corvette? Laptop? You might try APRSIS32 (32 is the PC version). http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aprsisce/ You will need to hover over all the points you intend to travel to for it to grab the maps. Best regards, Fred
_____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 19:32 To: [email protected] Subject: [tracker2] Re: Up to date path useage Thanks Brian: Yes..that section of I10 is pretty barren! Once per month we go from Detroit to Bradenton and back...leave here Thursday evening..back here on Monday evening. We'll be interested to see how it works out. Also plan on using an imbedded map from aprs.fi during our summer tour which will range from NH down the East coast to Atlanta West and North from Minneapolist down thru Kansas, OK, and TX and pretty much alot in between. Approx 15,000 miles from Late June to Mid August. Thanks..I'll post results here after the test this weekend. System is OT2/Nuvi 350 and a Kenwood TM-241A feeding a homebrew 5/8 wave for now...might change antennas but this one has worked well when vehicle grounding was less than adequate--like a bike. Our vehicle for the summer has a fibreglass body. Curt KU8L --- In track...@yahoogroup <mailto:tracker2%40yahoogroups.com> s.com, Brian Clark <brianclark.w4...@...> wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 1:13 PM, captc...@... <captc...@...>wrote: > > > > > > > GA All: > > > > The OT2/Nuvi350 in a bag is all working as it should. > > > > I am giving it a full scale mobile test this weekend as we drive the I75 > > corridor from MI to FL and return. I have tried to keep up with the latest > > in the APRS path specs but want to be sure I haven't missed something. > > > > For travel mobile tracking across areas where we may not know how good the > > coverage is, is the proper path: WIDE 1-1, WIDE2-2 ? > > > > Thanks > > > > Curt > > KU8L > > > > That is the path I used on a recent trip from central KY to FL. Aprs.fi > showed good coverage on I75 all the way. I10 to Jacksonville was a whole > different story. > 73 > Brian, W4SOU > > > > > >
