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Old July 5th 11, 06:05 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Eric Greenwell[_4_]
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On 7/4/2011 8:28 PM, 5Z wrote:
On Saturday, July 2, 2011 4:01:08 PM UTC-7, Darryl Ramm wrote:
Many folks will probably use the TinyTrak see
http://www.byonics.com/tinytrak/


A lot of SoCal folks are using the MicroTrak
http://www.byonics.com/mt-rtg I just used mine for the first time on
Saturday. I added a second aircraft to my SSA tracking page for the
APRS (can't currently have both SPOT and APRS as a single line.

Its interesting that coverage out west say around the lower
Sierras/ Inyokern valley may be much better with APRS than ADS-B
ground stations. We'll have to see. And APRS actually works today.


Visit http://aprs.fi and center on the Owens Valley any weekend and
you'll see a few of us up there.


Ah ha! "Ready to go" - now that's interesting!

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