On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Curt, WE7U<[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 5 Aug 2009, ml41782 wrote: > >> Would it not be more prudent as well as the simplest thing. >> Just be to move off of 144.390 to another data frequency. for a >> special event or a SAR operation. Especially if you are running a >> speical event or SAR operation. > > That depends on whether you need the APRS infrastructure for the > area where you'll be operating. If you don't use that, you have to > carry along extra equipment to create your own on-the-spot.
And whether the tracking equipment that you would be using can move to the alternate frequency. Some may be on rigs that can't easily change, or perhaps commercial equipment that would need to be reprogrammed. If people can't change the programming in the tracker for a special event, do you think they'll change the frequency? Sometimes the path of least resistance relies on only one person doing all the special work. Let everyone else play like normal, and relabel everything important on your own screen. Being able to ship that to other screens is a huge bonus. James VE6SRV _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
