It was bound to happen. Having just returned from a road trip to Texas, there was NO High Frequency in the car. There was nothing stronger than an HT tuned to Voice Alert and 146.52. The Hamshack Hotline phone doubled as the Automatic Packet Reporting System device.
Other than the squelch popping a time or two on 146.52, a nice QSO was held over Hamshack Hotline. Using RepeaterBook, the author found a local repeater with Allstar. That connection produced a contact with a member of the 7290 net.
The destination location produced a RepeaterBook resources on Dstar and analog. There was a ham radio operator using APRS. The operator was monitoring the analog frequency. He was from Kansas.
How was it?
It was nice in the car. The spouse got to sleep. We got to visit. The trip was a joy. I got to "radio" when I wanted.
Take aways include:
1. Keep your RepeaterBook listing up to date with information about nets, links, Skywarn, etc. IF you don't want to do it, make sure the trustee is.
2. Set Voice Alert on your mobile radios. There were mobile stations closeby as evidenced by their location on the map. Do NOT set voice alert on the digipeater. That's not the purpose.
Hope you have as good a road trip as this one.
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