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    Amateur Radio Geocoin?

    in Ham Radio

    Posted

    Hi Jerry-

     

    The Geocoin Store used to sell an amateur radio geocoin. Here's the link to it, but it looks like it's been sold out for quite some time. My dad got me mine (TB1DWGG) through a trade, but I can't find anyone selling one now. I know a local ham/cacher who one with another design that he had his callsign engraved onto. Maybe if we get enough hamcachers we can design a new one or bring back one of the old ones.

     

    -Sutter, Mr.Moo, KI6ZON

    (PS I really enjoy your podcast. I'm very behind on listening to it, though... :) )

    2M Simplex Frequency for Geocachers?

    in Ham Radio

    Posted

    There was a discussion about this a while back, and the decision was if a frequency was used, it would be 147.555, however, many people were against the idea (they didn't want to monitor 2 frequencies, it and 146.520). I don't believe it was ever used much (we used it for W7G, the special event station at GeoWoodstock 8).

     

    I believe that 146.730 is a repeater input frequency. Probably not a good choice for simplex.

     

    -Sutter (Mr.Moo) KI6ZON

    OMG a new topic! APRS anyone?

    in Ham Radio

    Posted

    I have a Yaesu VX-8 and use it for APRS a lot as KI6ZON-9. I have used it on my bike while Geocaching around town, but it is hard to tell who is Geocaching and who isn't - unless they give us a special SSID... KI6ZON-15 (Geocaching) :)

    Beacon and Cache

    in Ham Radio

    Posted

    Thank you for the link. Bomb Squad is not a problem here. (would not put it in the city and we dont have a Bomb Squad here LOL) I would also not put the transmitter in the cache. I would put it under the cache or something to like. Then hide the coax and antenna in a tree above the cache. So when the cache is found you would not have access to the radio gear. Making it a low power 2m solar beacon. You could then hunt it with the GPS or the radio.

     

    Just trying to come up with ideas to mix radio and caching.

     

    Sounds like you have it all planned out. Sounds like fun!

    Need Help With Special Event Station

    in Ham Radio

    Posted

    Does anyone know if they will be setting up a Station at 2011 Geowoodstock?

    If there is, I will have no connection with it. It's a long trip from California, and I'm not sure I'm ready to do it again. Maybe you could try getting in touch with a local ham club out there?

    Beacon and Cache

    in Ham Radio

    Posted

    There was an entire Topic dedicated to it. With some very intellegent input from several people and links to some very interesting hardware. I have no idea where it went. Even IF the Topic was 'dead', it would have value to others arriving later asking the same questions. Several Topics disappeared. Each had value and merit. Does anyone know if those Topics are still available?

    "Geocaching and Direction Finding" and to a lesser extent "Newbie has Questions" (about radio equiptment in general) are worth a look if you can find them.

    The Bomb Squad discussions were a hoot as well!

    That would be here. http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=242091

    Need Help With Special Event Station

    in Ham Radio

    Posted

    Since are looking good for W7G, the special event station at GeoWoodstock. Except one thing: I need more operators!

     

    Open time slots (in 24-hour Washington local time) are:

    11:00-12:00

    12:00-13:00

     

    14:00-15:00

    15:00-16:00

     

    If you would like to help, feel free to email me through Geocaching.com

     

    More info is at www.w7g.info

     

    73!

    Mr.Moo

    KI6ZON

    Magellan Triton 500?

    in GPS technology and devices

    Posted

    I know this is an old thread, but I thought I would add my experience with the Triton 500:

     

    I bought a 500 to replace my dead eXplorist 500. :D I almost wish I had gone for Garmin (but only almost). Being able to view full cache descriptions and hints is great. No need for the iPod Touch anymore, right? Wrong. There is no way to mark a Geocache as found. You have to delete them. The GPS is a little slow, but I like having the SD card slot on the side.

     

    Adding Geocaches to it is a disaster! The desktop program (which is required to load anything) is a clunky piece of Windows software. It only works on certain virtualazation prgrams (Parallels 5) and has hard to use.

     

    Overally, I would recommend the eXplorist 500 over the Triton 500. If you are a Mac user (good for you), this GPS will be a lot of work.

    Radio Direction Finding & Geocaching

    in Ham Radio

    Posted

    I agree. The problem is, what about the bomb squad? There have been so many stories of caches that have been blown up (one of my dad's included). Not to discourage you, but what would they think when they found this package? It's not like you could put it in the woods...

    Given that a cardboard box filled with garbage outside a dumpster was "blown up" recently in my area, I believe that proper labelling and landowner permission will help mitigate the risks. One option is, instead of trying to camouflage the cache, work with the landowner to make it look like as "official" as possible. One idea I had was to disguise it as a sprinkler control box, even with false controls showing if someone managed to open the lock without permission. But that's kinda why I made this post, as I wanted to see what others were doing...

    Labeling won't always work. We talked with a Geocacher who works with the local bomb squad and he said that even if a cache is labeled, they will still blow it up.

     

    I would suggest that you put it in some kind of fake panel. I like the sprinkler control panel, but I would suggest that you use something like an alarm box that would partly explain the people with devices.

     

    Good Luck!

     

    73!

    Mr.Moo

    KI6ZON

    Radio Direction Finding & Geocaching

    in Ham Radio

    Posted

    Correct! A cache like the one I'm proposing would have a "special equipment" requirement, but would be available to everyone.

     

    BTW, it is perfectly legal for anyone to own or receive with an amateur radio transceiver, however you just couldn't transmit without a valid amateur radio license. In this situation though, I would expect a lot of people to use a regular scanner to search for the cache.

    I agree. The problem is, what about the bomb squad? There have been so many stories of caches that have been blown up (one of my dad's included). Not to discourage you, but what would they think when they found this package? It's not like you could put it in the woods...

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