Need help testing a project

[Michael Chisena]

Bob,
Thanks for the education.
As of 1942 this evening, no calls.
kinda depressing.

Mike


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--- On Mon, 10/26/09, Robert Bruninga <bruninga at usna.edu> wrote:

> From: Robert Bruninga <bruninga at usna.edu>
> Subject: RE: Need help testing a project
> To: "'Michael Chisena'" <ka2zev at yahoo.com>, "'tacos AMRAD'" <tacos at amrad.org>
> Date: Monday, October 26, 2009, 7:02 PM
> > Been working with Bob B to make
> an APRS 
> > Voice Alert radio from an inexpensive 
> > two way set.
> > 
> > The Kenwoods that can do this run about $1200 each.
> 
> Correction, about $550 or so plus your favorite GPS...
> 
> > What I would like is someone who drives a lot 
> > in the area to take it for a couple of weeks 
> > and see if it works as advertised. 
> 
> Great!  Nice to see some more 2-way APRS mobiles that
> one can
> actually talk to!  Oh, and by the way, Voice Alert
> was
> originally used DIRECT when within simplex range, but in
> Northern Virginia, we have installed a crossband Voice
> Alert
> repeater on a Fredrick MD mountain which lets you call ALL
> APRS
> mobiles over the entire metro area by transmitting on UHF
> 445.925 with Tone 100 and announce your voice repeater
> monitoring frequency.  
> 
> The crossband repeater will send out your VOICE Alert call
> on
> 144.39 with PL 100 so that all APRS mobiles within 50 miles
> will
> hear it.
> 
> See www.aprs.org/VoiceAlert3.html
> 
> Bob, Wb4APR
> 
>