History... Switch-on +22hrsThe update below was posted shortly after UJ went live......
"For those of you into APRS.... The TVRG APRS Digipeater on 144.800MHz (MB7UJ) was switched on at
11:30hrs on Saturday 13th July 2002. It is located on the old GB3BN UHF
repeater site at Jealotts Hill, north of Bracknell, in Berkshire.
Equipment consists of a KEY mobile transceiver/mains PSU combo, KANTRONICS
KPC-3 Plus TNC and a custom built dual temperature sensor unit. Telemetry beacons are transmitted every 30minutes. These carry the
temperature T#nnn,an0,an1,an2,an3,an5,bbbbbbbb nnn is a decimal count and is incremented each time a beacon is sent.
After an0 gives the temperature on the roof outside the building that houses
the 09:34:51R MB7UJ>BEACON,TRACE7-7 <UI
Len=35>: at 22hrs after switch-on this shows outside air temperature at +20C and
the Coverage initially looks pretty good - signal reports very much
Denis G4KWT" | |
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