My sole hit shows me in China. Huh?
Does anyone know why?
I was driving around to see how well I can be tracked via APRS. Not very well is the result with a mag-mount antenna and 7w radio. But here is something I find odd. My sole hit shows me in China. Huh?
Does anyone know why?
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The AX.25 data frame is poorly protected against data errors, and it's fairly easy to have noise cause errors in both the data and CRC area to create a false "vaild" packet, which could place you in China. Been trying to get amateur radio folks interested in forward-error-correction for a while now. It's an uphill battle ... they don't like "change" or "newfangled."
Stupid question, but could someone on here help me contact a Ham Radio person, i have his name and call sign but no other means of communication. PM me if this might be possible.
Marketing BS disguised as scare-mongering.
Only things I know of are 3.5 GHz sunset and loss of some 440 MHz out west due to military use for weapons. Both already done deals.
Stupid question, but could someone on here help me contact a Ham Radio person, i have his name and call sign but no other means of communication. PM me if this might be possible.
Let me add this, when Anytone aka Qixiang Electron Science Technology throws out a new model or a dramatic improvement, not even Bridgetone knows how it works. Bridgetone puts a video on YouTube and users help them figure out what the radio can do and how it works. When something goes completely sideways, it becomes obvious that there are 2 completely separate work groups in China making these things. One group builds the hardware and another develops the software that runs it. I'm not even certain QEST does the software in house, they probably sub it out; that means QEST doesn't even know how their own product works and as long as they are selling like hotcakes - they don't need to.
They aren't bad radios, esp for the price. Couple it to a good antenna, transmit from a good location and you will get nothing but positive feedback from other hams.
"DMR" isn't the end all, its just one of many internet repeater connection protocols. Your radio transmits to a receiver connected to the internet thru which thousands of other repeater transmitters are connected. Its basically a radio to internet party line connection. Within that there are hundreds of local and world wide chat groups. Not a lot different from the old AOL chats, other than you access them thru a radio, much like CB back in the 70's, but with statewide, regional and worldwide potential. Its not why I got into ham radio.
ETA: they work fine in analog mode, you don't need to run them digital/DMR
Congrats on the General!Don't mean to toot my own horn, but....toot toot.
Passed the General exam today. Now I just need an HF and an antenna invisible to the wife.
Built this for my 2m/70cm roll-up jpole. One goal was to not need guy lines. I'm going to embarrass the wife and kids and use it on the beach.
Wife asked "WHAT is THAT in my house!?"
"You said no antennas on the roof, so...."