2015-09-14
Trying APRS by car and bicycle 4 years ago
Today I took the APRS setup with me. During the day by car (it was raining) and in the evening by recumbent bicycle to the radio club (it wasn't raining that hard in the evening). Both times I had APRSDroid, the Mobilinkd and the radio running for APRS (Automatic Packet Reporting System).With the car the antenna was sticking up from the left rear window. Most beacons were received by a nearby APRS digipeater and made it into the APRS network. With the bicycle the antenna was sticking up from the bag on the back. No beacons were received by an APRS digipeater. And I'm not too happy about a 5W transmitter right behind my head. Time to look at the setup.
With the car the antenna was sticking up from the left rear window. Most
beacons were received by a nearby APRS digipeater and made it into the APRS
network.
With the bicycle the antenna was sticking up from the bag on the back. No
beacons were received by an APRS digipeater. And I'm not too happy about a
5W transmitter right behind my head. Time to look at the setup.