APRS Weather standalone
 

Greetings,

I am looking at putting up a standalone APRS weather unit, and would like to
hear from anyone who has done this successfully.

This will be at a remote location, where it will be a major pain in the rear
to do a reset, so reliability will be a top priority.

We will have access to 110v at the location, but since it is out in the
boonies it is susceptible to brief outages.

The equipment that I have looked at is the Peet Bros 2k and 2100, which
advertises APRS compatibility out of the box. Is anyone actually using one
?

If we go with Peet Bros, which TNC has worked for you ?

And this is a standalone, dedicated operation for APRS, is one of the low
cost MFJ packet radios suitable for this environemnt ? Are they durable
enough ?

Any other radio suggestions ?

Thanks for your opinions...

Watt

Read August 2003 QST.


"*Watt" wrote in message
news:p1oyb.7238$LV1.2383@okepread05...
Greetings,

I am looking at putting up a standalone APRS weather unit, and would like
to
hear from anyone who has done this successfully.

This will be at a remote location, where it will be a major pain in the
rear
to do a reset, so reliability will be a top priority.

We will have access to 110v at the location, but since it is out in the
boonies it is susceptible to brief outages.

The equipment that I have looked at is the Peet Bros 2k and 2100, which
advertises APRS compatibility out of the box. Is anyone actually using
one
?

If we go with Peet Bros, which TNC has worked for you ?

And this is a standalone, dedicated operation for APRS, is one of the low
cost MFJ packet radios suitable for this environemnt ? Are they durable
enough ?

Any other radio suggestions ?

Thanks for your opinions...

Watt

Read August 2003 QST.


"*Watt" wrote in message
news:p1oyb.7238$LV1.2383@okepread05...
Greetings,

I am looking at putting up a standalone APRS weather unit, and would like
to
hear from anyone who has done this successfully.

This will be at a remote location, where it will be a major pain in the
rear
to do a reset, so reliability will be a top priority.

We will have access to 110v at the location, but since it is out in the
boonies it is susceptible to brief outages.

The equipment that I have looked at is the Peet Bros 2k and 2100, which
advertises APRS compatibility out of the box. Is anyone actually using
one
?

If we go with Peet Bros, which TNC has worked for you ?

And this is a standalone, dedicated operation for APRS, is one of the low
cost MFJ packet radios suitable for this environemnt ? Are they durable
enough ?

Any other radio suggestions ?

Thanks for your opinions...

Watt

Jim,

As fate would have it, the August issue is the only one this year that I
*don't* have.

I looked at the ARRL website to see if their articles are online, and this
one is not available online.

Any chance you can email me a jpg, bmp or gif copy ? Thanks !

*Watt




"Jim" wrote in message
...
Read August 2003 QST.


"*Watt" wrote in message
news:p1oyb.7238$LV1.2383@okepread05...
Greetings,

I am looking at putting up a standalone APRS weather unit, and would
like
to
hear from anyone who has done this successfully.

This will be at a remote location, where it will be a major pain in the
rear
to do a reset, so reliability will be a top priority.

We will have access to 110v at the location, but since it is out in the
boonies it is susceptible to brief outages.

The equipment that I have looked at is the Peet Bros 2k and 2100, which
advertises APRS compatibility out of the box. Is anyone actually using
one
?

If we go with Peet Bros, which TNC has worked for you ?

And this is a standalone, dedicated operation for APRS, is one of the
low
cost MFJ packet radios suitable for this environemnt ? Are they durable
enough ?

Any other radio suggestions ?

Thanks for your opinions...

Watt

Jim,

As fate would have it, the August issue is the only one this year that I
*don't* have.

I looked at the ARRL website to see if their articles are online, and this
one is not available online.

Any chance you can email me a jpg, bmp or gif copy ? Thanks !

*Watt




"Jim" wrote in message
...
Read August 2003 QST.


"*Watt" wrote in message
news:p1oyb.7238$LV1.2383@okepread05...
Greetings,

I am looking at putting up a standalone APRS weather unit, and would
like
to
hear from anyone who has done this successfully.

This will be at a remote location, where it will be a major pain in the
rear
to do a reset, so reliability will be a top priority.

We will have access to 110v at the location, but since it is out in the
boonies it is susceptible to brief outages.

The equipment that I have looked at is the Peet Bros 2k and 2100, which
advertises APRS compatibility out of the box. Is anyone actually using
one
?

If we go with Peet Bros, which TNC has worked for you ?

And this is a standalone, dedicated operation for APRS, is one of the
low
cost MFJ packet radios suitable for this environemnt ? Are they durable
enough ?

Any other radio suggestions ?

Thanks for your opinions...

Watt

*Watt wrote:
Jim,

As fate would have it, the August issue is the only one this year that I
*don't* have.

I looked at the ARRL website to see if their articles are online, and this
one is not available online.

Any chance you can email me a jpg, bmp or gif copy ? Thanks !

I'll bet your local library has the original magazine and a
photocopying machine.

Dana

*Watt wrote:
Jim,

As fate would have it, the August issue is the only one this year that I
*don't* have.

I looked at the ARRL website to see if their articles are online, and this
one is not available online.

Any chance you can email me a jpg, bmp or gif copy ? Thanks !

I'll bet your local library has the original magazine and a
photocopying machine.

Dana

It was W9IF:

http://w9if.net



"*Watt" wrote in message
news:p1oyb.7238$LV1.2383@okepread05...
Greetings,

I am looking at putting up a standalone APRS weather unit, and would like
to
hear from anyone who has done this successfully.

It was W9IF:

http://w9if.net



"*Watt" wrote in message
news:p1oyb.7238$LV1.2383@okepread05...
Greetings,

I am looking at putting up a standalone APRS weather unit, and would like
to
hear from anyone who has done this successfully.