In the limited time I operated a tracker 2 before it failed, I was
quite impressed with it. Scott has repaired it with great efficiency
and it is on its way back to me, suspecting that I have put an
overvoiltage on one of the pins, so that does not reflect badly on the
module.
My observations were that it seems to demodulate correctly more stations
than other stations in my area. Specifically my own mobile, which only
runs 1 watt, was picked up where others had not been able to decode it.
My location is on a rooftop where I can hear most of S. Ontario South of
the Aurora ridge and western NY State, the channel is continually busy
and I seem to be getting packets decoded for everything, as fast as my
eyes can read!
I think it is a very good design and should do well in any unattended
location, as mine is. I am in a mechanical room on top of the building
with an S9 noise level on HF!
73
Nigel
VE3ID es G4AJQ
On 10-08-10 09:45, Jon wrote:
----- Original Message ----
From: w4vab <[email protected] <mailto:w4vab%40arrl.net>>
To: [email protected] <mailto:tracker2%40yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tue, 10 August, 2010 0:39:54
Subject: [tracker2] OT2m in permanent digipeater
I have suggested that our local digipeater group replace a lightning
damaged TNC
with an OT2m. A couple of the other members question the suitability
of the
OT2m for use at remote mountain location under solar power.
Please give me some comments on the suitability of the OT2m for use in
permanent
digipeater installations at solar powered remote locations.
It would also be helpful to have the callsigns or locations of some of
the
installations.
Thanks
Hugh, W4VAB
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Hi Hugh,
Personally I couldn't think of anything better. Here in the South East of
Ireland we have a mixture of OT2's and TNC2 (UI-Digi) nodes. As the
UI-Digi
nodes fail, we are replacing them with OT2's.
Regards
de John
EI7IG
