VE6NS
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Fixed the topic title. CB radio is not the same as UHF.
Thanks, I'm just an amateur!
And your talking about CB. Real amateus don't do that. For Shame
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That has to be the one thing this radio can't do besides open the beer can! I just got mine yeasterday there is so much stuff packed into that radio but the TX/RX is as good as my IC-W32A that I have had for 6+ years!!!
I do have the GPS module and Mic interface it picks up the sats very fast even inside a apartment 10 feet from the windows!
I used the crappy stock antenna the other day to open a cold one
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You can try the Terracache.com website. They don't dictate what kind of cache you can list on their site.
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I did find *CANADIAN* but cound not see *HF_RADIO*.
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Seems to be a bit of a chore to get set up net on echolink. Why not try something on QsoNet. Go to https://qsonet.com/ , download and install. I do hope a frequency can be agreed upon easier than the 147.555 simplex one on vhf
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Finally, almost a year after my first response (8/13/2007) there seems to be some sort of an agreement.
I'll be monitoring 147.555
Now just get the Powers to be to list it as one on their website.
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HI Folks, It's been a while since this topic got worked on, but I just came across it... I'll be taking the Technician Class exam in a few weeks and I am wondering how to get setup with the GPS connected to the HT as well. If the TinyTrak or OpenTracker1+ uses the speaker/mic jack, is it possible to use the HT for communication simultaneously? Or do you sacrifice that part for the GPS info?
You will need to unplug the cable from the HT to use voice, plus you will need to move off 144.390 to a voice frequency as well.
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Anything agreed upon yet?
146.520
In reading up on QRZ.com, the concensus among the amateur community is to QSY to another frequency once contact on the calling frequency is made. This is said to apply to the HF, VHF, and UHF allocations. So if this is indeed the preferred practise, or as it was put on the Zed a Gentlemans agreement, what should the frequency be that the hamcaching community QSY's to? We wouldn't want to violate a Gentlemans Agreement steeped in tradition now, would we?
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I know how that goes. I tried getting a local ham group together. We did good for a bit, but slowly died out until we just stopped meeting.
The 2m is OK for local stuff, but I was thinking HF-20m or 40m, something to cover a little more area when traveling. The 2m will cover some of the skip zone before 20 or 40 would be usefull.
I am currently in the middle of putting a business together at my home, so I don't have any gear running there. I did move the 706MKIIG to the truck. That is what made me ask if there was an established frequency.
I have played with Echolink, it is OK, but doesn't seem like radioing to me. Still cool though.
I'll bet some of the APRS guys love this geocaching.
I believe there is only a couple of hams in my area that cache. Industry Canada(your FCC) shows almost 200 licensed amateurs within 50 miles of the home qth, but I imagine only 20 or so actually active, and 5 or 6 with aprs. Even I haven't fired up the HF rig in quite some time. Oh well, with a bit of luck maybe enough interest will show up on the boards to get something going.
73
Shawn
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Anyone find anything on Echolink yet?
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Anything agreed upon yet?
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So, we have established that some geocachers are hams and some hams are geocachers. Now, can we establish a frequency and time and try to get a net up and running, or at least a frequency we could all keep an ear out for other cachers?
I am thinking a less than formal net, just a place to park the dial and chat while driving between cashes or when it is too cold, rainy, hot, or nasty to be out geocaching.
If you know of any groups on the air, please post a frequency.
David, W9DSC
A caching frequency has been has been discussed but nothing could be agreed on, although 147.555 was tossed around quite a bit.
As for a net, there was once an Echolink node up for a bit, but seemed to die due to lack of interest.
Hope you have better luck than some others in the past with this.
73
Shawn
VE6TEQ
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http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php...amp;hl=echolink
Check this out. Havn't heard anyone on it though
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Agree...147.555
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There used to be a Geocaching net on Echolink Node 243320. Haven't heard it in a while.
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Thanks to everyone for the information. Now if I could just decide which HT to buy.
Thanks
I recently picked up a Yaesu VX-3. Great little radio so far. Might want to check it out.
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Try Ebay!!
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Because, for example, when the cords they are following take them right in the middle of a busy street, they're "probably" off a little, don't you think? In a case such as this, I for one appreciate the "correct" coordinates. =-)
Why is it automatically the hider is the one that has the wrong coords. Could the finder not be the one that has the less accurate gpsr?
I have a couple of caches listed on another site and everytime time I go to check on it, I get a different reading using the same gpsr. There are too many factors involved. If anyone is heading out to fnd a cache with full expectations that the cache is located at the exact coords posted will be in for a long day.
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I don't know how one thinks that coordinates are off. Older GPSr's have an accuracy with up to 10m discrepency while the newer ones are supposedly 3m. That means the coords could vary from 6m-20m. Ther is a benchmark at the corner of my block that I use to check my GPSr accuracy.... from bang on to 11m in discrepency. I guess I should contect the Government and let them know that their brass cap keeps moving.
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Anyway, it would be great to see Fred or Shawn show up here and discuss their beefs but I don't think it is going to happen.
Right again David!!! (almost ). Done discussing and on to other things. Hope your summer was good and may just see you caching out and about.
Shawn
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Wonder what the other side of the story is?
Not much to wonder. I chaulk it up to a difference in guideline interpretation and personal interaction!
geocaching and APRS
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I use this radio in my adventures as well. An when I'm out in the boonies, I set up the D-710 in my Jeep to digi and I can track myself even further of the beaten path.