Date:         Tue, 16 May 2000 20:29:31 -0400
Reply-To:     John Rodger <jcr@MAGMA.CA>
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From:         John Rodger <jcr@MAGMA.CA>
Subject:      Dayton Hamvention  and GPS (little Vanagon content)
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Any of you Vanagon types out there going to the Dayton Hamvention?  I will
be leaving AM on 17 May in my 88 dark grey Westy, Ontario plates VE3KYT, if
you see me, say hello.  For those of you that don't know what the heck I'm
talking about, this is one of the biggest Amateur Radio conventions going
with up to 30,000 Amateur Radio operators attending.  Just imagine 30,000
guys with radios attached to their belts with a glazed look in their eyes as
they look at all the new gear.

For this years trip I will be using an Automatic Position Reporting System
(APRS) to send out my position as I travel. If you want to follow along as I
wind my way from Ottawa Canada down to Dayton, Ohio and back just go the
following URL:

        http://www.canaprs.net/locate/ve3kyt-13

This site displays a city size map centred on the last report heard from my
radio which has a GPS attached to it feeding updated position reports every
minute.  If you double click on the map it takes you to MapBlast where you
can zoom in or out on my position.

You should see me on the road heading down on 17,18 May and heading back on
21,22 May.  As this is a new set up and I'm not sure how well it will work I
would like to hear via p-mail if you see me on the trip.

The whole point of this trip is not to go the Hamvention, I'm just using it
as an excuse to enjoy four days of driving in my Westy.

John
mailto:jcr@magma.ca