Bob, Our District, Carroll District of the Baltimore Area Council, just had their Klondike Derby on January 22nd. Not being a very active or technical HAM,...
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Bob Bruninga
bruninga@...
Feb 3, 2000 4:31 am
... APRS stands for AUtomatic Packet/Position Reporting System. It is a worldwide network of over 600 DIGIpeaters in the USA, and tens of thousands of HAMS...
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Dave Colter
dbcolter@...
Feb 13, 2000 4:41 pm
PRESS RELEASE: Is your Scout group thinking of traveling to meet Scouts in other countries? Would you like to host a visiting Scout group? Would your Rover...
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Alan Stumpf
aws69@...
Mar 2, 2000 4:21 am
CQ CQ CQ DE KB3DHC CQ CQ CQ Hello is anyone there. This is one dead list or there is too much QRM on my phone line to get e-mail from this list....
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Novatech Com. LTD.
novatech@...
Mar 2, 2000 7:16 am
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David Hutchinson
Dr_David_Hutchinson@...
Mar 2, 2000 11:54 am
... Hello is anyone there. This is one dead list or there is too much QRM on my phone line to get e-mail from this list. Hopefully it just that this list is...
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Dave Colter
dbcolter@...
Mar 2, 2000 1:42 pm
Yeah, we know. This group is pretty quiet. Our district is finally doing something with JOTA, but the Scoutmaster running this one has chosen to combine it...
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Bob Bruninga
bruninga@...
Mar 2, 2000 2:24 pm
... A third topic is that 3 years ago I prepared detail APRS maps of FT AP Hill for the jamboree, but I never heard if anyone ever used it. These days, since...
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Don VanHorn
dvanhorn@...
Mar 2, 2000 4:40 pm
Bob You got David, and Don Van Horn KC6ETE, and K1FZY here in Muncie IN. Looking forward to this year, Last year I got stood up by the local club, but this...
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Ray Vaughan
ray@...
Mar 2, 2000 6:51 pm
... Miami checking in. If anyone wants an APRS demo at a Scouting function, please let me know by direct e-mail. Ray J. Vaughan, MS, CBTE KD4BBM ...
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Steven C. Gallafent
steve@...
Mar 2, 2000 7:33 pm
... camporees, you probably won't be able to get one word in except at night. We have a council Jamboral (not sure how it differs from a Jamboree except it is...
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Neil Lauritsen
w4nhl@...
Mar 2, 2000 7:41 pm
73, FYI, the National Jamboree takes place not this summer, but in 2001. For all the Scouters out there, the big event for this summer is the National Order...
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E McGlen
mcglen@...
Mar 3, 2000 8:40 pm
Bob I am sure you will tell me I should know the answer but... please explain 1) what APRS is ? 2) how it works ? 3) is it expensive to purchase / set up...
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Bob Bruninga
bruninga@...
Mar 3, 2000 10:01 pm
... Wow, think of it as digital Amateur radio. But not like one-on-one packet, but just everyone on frequency can talk and track on their map the position and...
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Chris Schwab
1schwab1@...
Mar 4, 2000 3:16 am
Good evening Alan.. Yep, I'm here too.. I've seen several replies, but figured I'd add my two cents in. A groupd of local hams in the area have been putting on...
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Brian Homan
bhoman@...
Mar 4, 2000 7:28 pm
unsubscribe...
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jeffhburns@...
Mar 11, 2000 12:24 pm
I am a Scoutmaster that is contemplating setting up a Scout Net for our troop using FRS radios. Many of the boys live in clusters that are close enough that...
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TJ-wd4nhh
wd4nhh@...
Mar 11, 2000 1:37 pm
GMRS Freq's and FRS freq.'s are not the same . I will list them below . With FRS radio's ( 500mw (1/2 watt ) ) on flat ground you will only get 1/4 to 1/2...
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TJ-wd4nhh
wd4nhh@...
Mar 11, 2000 1:46 pm
I forgot to add this If you are running 4 watt GMRS and they are running 1/2 watt FRS radio they will hear you much farther away then you will hear them But...
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XENU
xenu@...
Mar 11, 2000 2:42 pm
....and I thought that FRS was at 1/2 the deviation ( GMRS-5Khz, FRS 2.5Khz ). ... ....
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TJ-wd4nhh
wd4nhh@...
Mar 11, 2000 3:33 pm
You are right ! I forgot that , but most FRS radios have a wide front end and will work ok with someone using a 5Khz dev. radio . However the person with the...
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Troop 54
t_54@...
Mar 11, 2000 6:54 pm
I have put together a page on FRS radio you can find it at http://www.qsl.net/kd7ges/ just click on the link labeled FRS. ... From: "TJ-wd4nhh"...
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Bob Bruninga
bruninga@...
Mar 12, 2000 4:34 am
Instead, buy teh Radio Shack simplex repeater ($99) and install it an your FRS radio as high as you can get it. Use a radio with PL so that it only echos what...
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David Hutchinson
Dr_David_Hutchinson@...
Mar 12, 2000 3:52 pm
Hi guys I thought you might be interested to have a look at an International scouting web area which has a message board, photo albums and a chat room. This is...
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Alan Stumpf
aws69@...
Mar 12, 2000 6:24 pm
Bob from other discussions on the subject of FRS repeaters on this list I thought it was agreed that it was against the rules to add a simplex repeater. Alan...
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Bob Bruninga
bruninga@...
Mar 12, 2000 7:57 pm
... Could be. I personally have no problems with a simplex repeater using one of the 38 CTCSS tones under conscientious control of someone in the middle of an...
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w7jdb@...
Mar 12, 2000 7:57 pm
... . GMRS licensees (except grandfathered entities) are allowed to use up to 5w ERP on the GMRS interstitial frequencies which happen to be the same as the...
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Alan Stumpf
aws69@...
Mar 14, 2000 1:40 am
Does anyone know of any good JOTA web sites. I am trying to make a one stop JOTA Ideas site. E-mail site URLs and suggustions to KB3DHC@... . Thanks. 73's...
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W Jeffrey
wjj@...
Mar 14, 2000 2:58 pm
I put some material together for my troop a couple years ago to help them with the radio merit badge. It's now on the web at www.qsl.net/aa6j/radiomb . If this...
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Dave Colter
dbcolter@...
Mar 15, 2000 1:03 pm
This is a great idea, Bill. I haven't had a chance to look it over, but since I am in the middle or a Radio Merit Badge course with my three licensed Scouts,...
