Thanks Fred: I'll check out that mapping. I'm testing down the I75 corridor this weekend. Problem is I don't want to be changing from WIDE2-1 to WIDE 2-2 all the time. Maybe that wont be as big a deal as I think, but I drive a vehicle for the summer that is a crew sleeper for 8-10 other volunteers so I cant be playing with the tracker/gps during the (al nite) drives.
No Corvette now, but used to own a cherry 67 convertable w/427 400hp tripower, and earlier, a 63 convert 327 375 fuelie. Dad owned a red 67 coupe with a 435 in it.. My tour is as a support volunteer with a DCI competitive Drum and Bugle corps. The Boston Crusaders..we travel all summer with 200 plus people two semi tractor-trailers, 4 tour busses and several support vehicles. Perform in about 50+ cities and will travel this summer from New england to Minnisota, south into texas and east into Atlanta with alot in between. Curt KU8L --- In [email protected], "Fred Hillhouse" <fmhillho...@...> wrote: > > 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 captc...@... > 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.w4sou@> wrote: > > > > On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 1:13 PM, captcurt@ <captcurt@>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 > > > > > > > > > > >
