Oh great Lynn: That is perfect. I have access to inet pretty much every day while we are stopped so I can check the next days travel area to see. I'm just real sensitive to not wanting to use alot of resources that aren't necessary.
Thanks for the great info. Curt --- In [email protected], "Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr)" <ldeff...@...> wrote: > > When I go on an extended road trip, I "set and forget" at > WIDE1-1,WIDE2-2. If I know I'll be in an area of good coverage for a > few days, I do use the Nuvi350 to command the T2-135 to drop to > WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1. > > If you're interested in coverage in North America, browse the plots at > > http://tinyurl.com/APRSAct00 - 2 weeks cumulative activity > > http://tinyurl.com/APRSAct24 - 24 hour activity > > Using those, you can predict where you'll be heard and where you won't. > You might have to zoom in to see the details. > > Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - APRS Infrastructure Visualization > > PS. These are served via the CoralCDN Content Distribution Network. > They may be slow on the first hit, but as you and others view the pages, > they get cached on MUCH faster servers than my origin server. > > > captc...@... wrote: > > 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" <fmhillhouse@> 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 captcurt@ > >> 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 > >>> > >>> >
