Thanks to all who have replied. Hilltopping is the perfect description for what I was thinking.
I guess I should have figured it'd been thought of and would be available if it were easy enough to do. The rolling hills in southern Iowa seemed a perfect place for such a beacon trigger. And as much as I'd like to be able to tackle such a project that scripting stuff isn't my cup-of-tea. I know nothing of programming - even simple programming. Thanks for the feedback and explanation of the difficulty. Pete KC0GPB On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 1:48 PM, James Ewen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hilltopping has been discussed a lot on the HamHUD group and others as > well. > > If you can figure out how to deduce the crest of a hill buried in the > vertical variablility noise, have at it. > > Your idea has merit, there's just no solution yet. Write the script > and get it working well, and others will look at it. If it works good, > it might get added to the SmartBeacon routine. > > James > VE6SRV > > > On 6/14/10, Pete Lilja <[email protected] <plilja%40cfu.net>> wrote: > > I was driving in Southern Iowa and Northern Missouri over the weekend > with > > my T2-135 connected to a Nuvi 350. I got quite good coverage throughout > the > > weekend. I have Smart Beaconing set and active as I travel yet it > occurred > > to me during the trip that it is only triggered by time or a turn and > that > > often doesn't happen while on top of a hill when the added elevation > would > > give better / more distant APRS coverage. > > > > That leads me to wonder if, first, it is possible to wrtie a script for > the > > T2 to detect when the mobile has made an elevation increase to truigger a > > position beacon sent. My thinking is that the script would monitor > > elevation changes and when the unit began to descend a packet would be > > sent. This would, of course, miss the peak altitude but may still send a > > beacon when you're close to being at the top of a hill. > > > > I don't remember seeing this in the Smart Beaconing set-up but maybe > there > > is a way to do it there? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Pete > > KC0GPB > > > >
