A couple of new gadgets has arrived my shack this summer, both of them APRS related. The first item to arrive was a Yaesu VX-8GE handheld with GPS and APRS. I have tried it on some of my SOTA activatons and except from the battery life I'm very pleased with it. I use it to send self spots to sotawatch.org when I'm qrv from the summit. I have already ordered a FNB-102LI Li-ion 1800mAh and a rapid charger for it.
The other gadget is a Argent Data Tracker2 (OT2m) to go with my Garmin Nuvi 350 car GPS. The two makes a great pair for mobile APRS as I'm able to both send and receive APRS messages and watch other stations on the GPS. The tracker is connected to a Puxing PX-777 two meter handheld.
I'm now able to receive messages to LA1TPA, LA1TPA-7 and LA1TPA-9
Tomorrow I'll head for the ham meeting at Morokulien on the border to Sweden. There is a radio shack right on the border of this "Land of Peace" with both a Swedish and a Norwegian callsign (SJ9WL and LG5LG). You can read more about Morokulien here.
Bad boys, bad boys .....watcha gonna do?
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Mad's it's always great when something new arrives at the shack. I am waiting for the EC enclosure from Elecraft to remote my tuner and 100 watt amp for the K2. This way I can take the K2 out and about and use it with low power. What I am really waiting for is Elecraft to offer the new KX3...now that is an arrival I am looking forward too..Safe travels to Morokulien.
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