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5Z
July 5th 11, 04:28 AM
On Saturday, July 2, 2011 4:01:08 PM UTC-7, Darryl Ramm wrote:
> Many folks will probably use the TinyTrak see http://www.byonics.com/tinytrak/

A lot of SoCal folks are using the MicroTrak http://www.byonics.com/mt-rtg
I just used mine for the first time on Saturday. I added a second aircraft to my SSA tracking page for the APRS (can't currently have both SPOT and APRS as a single line.

> Its interesting that coverage out west say around the lower Sierras/
> Inyokern valley may be much better with APRS than ADS-B ground
> stations. We'll have to see. And APRS actually works today.

Visit http://aprs.fi and center on the Owens Valley any weekend and you'll see a few of us up there.

Eric Greenwell[_4_]
July 5th 11, 06:05 AM
On 7/4/2011 8:28 PM, 5Z wrote:
> On Saturday, July 2, 2011 4:01:08 PM UTC-7, Darryl Ramm wrote:
>> Many folks will probably use the TinyTrak see
>> http://www.byonics.com/tinytrak/
>
> A lot of SoCal folks are using the MicroTrak
> http://www.byonics.com/mt-rtg I just used mine for the first time on
> Saturday. I added a second aircraft to my SSA tracking page for the
> APRS (can't currently have both SPOT and APRS as a single line.
>
>> Its interesting that coverage out west say around the lower
>> Sierras/ Inyokern valley may be much better with APRS than ADS-B
>> ground stations. We'll have to see. And APRS actually works today.
>
> Visit http://aprs.fi and center on the Owens Valley any weekend and
> you'll see a few of us up there.

Ah ha! "Ready to go" - now that's interesting!

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