Welcome to KC5KGE's Place!

My Hamshack Setup

APRS Station KC5KGE : 32.847N / -96.939W

Radio : Kenwood TM-733 dualband 50w mobile
TNC : Kantronics KPC-3 (com8)
Antenna : Genesys G-2 6dB 9' dualband vertical at 20'

APRS Station KC5KGE-2 : 32.906N / -96.887W

Radio : Kenwood TM-733 dualband 50w mobile
TNC : Kantronics KPC-9612
Antenna : Comet GP-9 18' dualband vertical at 35'

My Mobile Setup

APRS Station KC5KGE-9 : GPS tracker in the trunk

Radio : Kenwood TM-241 50w 2m mobile
TNC : Kantronics KPC-3
Antenna : Larson 2/70 dualband vertical
GPS : Motola PVT-6 Oncore

This hardware is installed into a steel ammunition box. A Hardware Single Port (HSP) circuit has been built into it's DB-9F connector. The only connections are for the 2m antenna, GPS antenna, +12v/GND/KeepAlive, and a DB-9F in case you want to hook it to a laptop.

Voice Stations :

Radio 1: Kenwood TM-V7A dualband 50w mobile
Antenna : Larson 2/70 Dualband vertical

Radio 2 : Ranger 2950 10m 25w Mobile
Antenna : 102" vertical whip

Monitoring ...

Radio 1: AOR AR8000 all mode scanner 500KHz - 2GHz
Radio 2 : Kenwood R-2000 all mode receiver 500KHz - 30MHz, 130MHz - 180MHz

Computer :

Intel 200MHz Pentium MMX w/512K L2 cache, 64MB DRAM, 5GB HD
Windows NT Server 4.0
Digiboard PC/8e - Provides com 3-10
Sony Multiscan 17SFII Monitor

Kantronics KPC-3 : Setup for stand alone tracker

I am currnetly running the tracker in stand alone mode. When the car's ignition is turned on, the tracker comes online. The Motorola GPS has a "keep alive" circuit, so it locks up immediately. Here's a complete dump of the setup on my KPC-3. Some of the important ones are highlighted.

8BITCONV ON
AX25L2V2 ON
ABAUD 4800
AUTOLF ON
AXDELAY 0
AXHANG 0
BEACON EVERY 180 min -> This will beacon my tracker's home position every 3 hours....
BKONDEL ON
BLT
1 EVERY 00:02:30 STARTING AT 00:00:00 -> Sets the VHF position transmit interval
2 EVERY 00:15:00 STARTING AT 00:00:15 -> Sets the HF position (Gateway) transmit interval
3 EVERY 00:00:00
4 EVERY 00:00:00
BREAK OFF
BTEXT !32xx.xxN/096xx.xxW> George from Irving, Tx - kc5kge@qsl.net -> My info
BUDLIST OFF NONE
A Link state is: DISCONNECTED
CANLINE $18 (CTRL-X)
CANPAC $19 (CTRL-Y)
CD SOFTWARE -> Use software Carrier Detection and open the squelch on your radio
CHECK 0 (disabled)
CMDTIME 1 (1 sec)
CMSG OFF
COMMAND $03 (CTRL-C)
CONLIST OFF NONE
CONMODE CONVERS
CONOK ON
CONPERM OFF
CPACTIME OFF
CR ON
CRSUP OFF
CSTAMP OFF
CTEXT Welcome to KC5KGE's GPS Tracker...
CWID EVERY 0 (disabled)
CWIDTEXT DE KC5KGE
DAYTIME 11/08/97 10:16:06
DAYTWEAK 8
DAYSTR mm/dd/yy hh:mm:ss
DAMA OFF
DAMACHCK 18 (180 sec)
DBLDISC OFF
DELETE $08 (CTRL-H)
DIGIPEAT OFF -> Disable digipeating, it kills the battery & interferes with voice operations
DWAIT 0
ECHO ON
ESCAPE OFF
FLOW ON
FILTER OFF
FRACK 4 (4 sec)
FULLDUP OFF
GPSHEAD
1 $GPRMC -> Tells the TNC to store the GPS $GPRMC string in tracking buffer 1
2 $GPGGA -> Tells the TNC to store the GPS $GPGGA string in tracking buffer 2
3
4
GPSINIT
HBAUD 1200
HEADERLN OFF
HID OFF
HTEXT
INTFACE TERMINAL -> Get your TNC out of "Newuser" mode ASAP!
KNTIMER 15 min
LEDS ON
LCOK ON
LFADD OFF
LFSUP ON
LLIST OFF NONE
LT
1 $GPRMC,011355.00,V,2946.16,N,09545.78,W,1.1,110.5,240617,0.0,E*51
2 $GPGGA,011355.00,2946.16,N,09545.78,W,0,02,0.0,-24.7,M,-23.4,M,,*46
3
4
LTP
1 GPS VIA RELAY,WIDE -> This is the digipath for the local VHF network
2 GPS VIA WIDE,GATE,GATE,WIDE -> This is the digipath for the national HF network
3 GPS
4 GPS
LTRACK 100 LT1 LT2 -> If you have 128K of RAM, you can setup a large tracking buffer!
MONITOR ON
MALL ON
MAXFRAME 4
MAXUSERS 2
MBEACON ON
MCON OFF
MCOM OFF
MHEADER ON
MRESP OFF
MRPT ON
MSTAMP OFF
MXMIT OFF
MYCALL KC5KGE-9 -> The callsign of your station as it will appear on the map
MYALIAS MOBILE -> Digipeat in response to either KC5KGE-9 or MOBILE
MYDROP 0
MYNODE KGEMOB
MYPBBS KGEMOB-1 -> This is the name of your station's mailbox
MYREMOTE ______ -> This is the callsign you can connect to for remote administration
NDWILD OFF
NEWMODE ON
NOMODE OFF
NTEXT ** KC5KGE's GPS Traker **
NUCR 0
NULF 0
NUMNODES 0
PACLEN 128
PACTIME AFTER 10 (1000 msec)
PARITY NONE
PASS $16 (CTRL-V)
PASSALL OFF
PBBS 20
PBFORWRD NONE EVERY 0 (disabled)
PBHEADER ON
PBHOLD ON
PBKILLFW OFF
PBLIST OFF NONE
PBLO NEW VARIABLE
PBPERSON OFF
PBREVERS ON
PERSIST 63 (25%)
PID OFF
PMODE CMD
PTEXT **Welcome to KC5KGE's Tracker (Kenwood TM241, KPC-3, Mot PVT6 GPS) **
REDISPLA $12 (CTRL-R)
RELINK OFF
RETRY 10
RING ON
RNRTIME 0 (disabled)
RTEXT __________ -> This is the password phase used to connect to the MYREMOTE call
SCREENL 0
SENDPAC $0D (CTRL-M)
SLOTTIME 10 (100 msec)
START $11 (CTRL-Q)
STOP $13 (CTRL-S)
STREAMSW $7C (|)
STREAMCA OFF
STREAMEV OFF
SUPLIST OFF NONE
SWP 17,17,108
TRACE OFF
TRFLOW OFF
TRIES 10
TXDELAY 30 (300 msec)
TXFLOW OFF
UNPROTO APRS VIA RELAY,WIDE -> The default digipath
UIDIGI OFF NONE
UIDWAIT OFF
UIFLOOD disabled,30,NOID
UITRACE disabled
USERS 2
XFLOW ON
XKCHKSUM OFF
XKPOLLED OFF
XMITOK ON
XOFF $13 (CTRL-S)
XON $11 (CTRL-Q)

Kantornics KPC-9612 : Setup for home QTH

I am currnetly running APRSa4 under Windows NT. Here's a complete dump of the setup on my KPC-9612. Some of the important ones are highlighted. (This dump is from when I used the 9612 at home, but I now use a KPC-3 there.)

8BITCONV ON
AX25L2V2 ON/ON
AUTOLF OFF
AXDELAY 0/0
AXHANG 0/0
BEACON EVERY 0/EVERY 0
BKONDEL OFF
BP96 OFF
BLT
1 EVERY 00:00:00/EVERY 00:00:00
2 EVERY 00:00:00/EVERY 00:00:00
3 EVERY 00:00:00/EVERY 00:00:00
4 EVERY 00:00:00/EVERY 00:00:00
BTEXT !32xx.xxN/096xx.xxW-George in Irving, Tx - kc5kge@qsl.net
BUDLIST OFF/OFF
BUDCALLS NONE
A/1 Link state is: DISCONNECTED
CANLINE $18 (CTRL-X)
CANPAC $19 (CTRL-Y)
CD SOFTWARE/INTERNAL -> Use software Carrier Detection and open the squelch on your radio
CHECK 0/0
CMDTIME 1 (1 sec)
CMSG PBBS/PBBS
COMMAND $03 (CTRL-C)
CONLIST OFF/OFF
CONMODE CONVERS
CONOK ON/ON
CONPERM OFF
CPACTIME OFF
CR ON
CRSUP OFF
CSTAMP OFF
CTEXT *** George in Irving, Tx -  kc5kge@qsl.net ***
CWID EVERY 0/EVERY 0
CWIDTEXT DE KC5KGE
DAYTIME 11/07/97 17:06:48
DAYTWEAK 8
DAYSTR mm/dd/yy hh:mm:ss
DBLDISC OFF
DELETE $08 (CTRL-H)
DIGIPEAT ON/ON -> Enable digipeating!
DWAIT 0/0
ECHO OFF
ESCAPE OFF
FLOW OFF
FILTER OFF
FRACK 4/4 (4/4 sec)
FULLDUP OFF/OFF
GPSHEAD
1 $GPRMC
2 $GPGGA
3
4
GPSINIT
HBAUD 1200/9600
HEADERLN OFF
HID OFF/OFF
HTEXT
INTFACE TERMINAL -> Get your TNC out of "Newuser" mode ASAP!
KNTIMER 15
KNXCON OFF
LEDS ON
LCOK ON
LCSTREAM ON
LFADD OFF
LFSUP ON
LLIST OFF
LT
1
2
3
4
LTP
1 GPS/GPS
2 GPS/GPS
3 GPS/GPS
4 GPS/GPS
LTRACK 0
MONITOR ON/ON
MALL ON/ON
MAXFRAME 4/4
MAXUSERS 2/2
MBEACON ON/ON
MCON OFF/OFF
MCOM OFF/OFF
MODE 9600,NONE,8,1
MRESP OFF/OFF
MRPT ON/ON
MSTAMP OFF
MXMIT OFF/OFF
MYCALL KC5KGE/KC5KGE -> The callsign of your station as it will appear on the map
MYALIAS RELAY/RELAY -> Digipeat in response to either KC5KGE or RELAY
MYDROP 0/1
MYGATE UHF
MYNODE KGENOD
MYPBBS KGEBOX -> This is the name of your station's mailbox
MYREMOTE ______ -> This is the callsign you can connect to for remote administration
NDWILD OFF
NEWMODE OFF
NOMODE OFF
NTEXT
NUMNODES 2
ONERADIO OFF
PACLEN 128/128
PACTIME AFTER 10
PASS $16 (CTRL-V)
PASSALL OFF/OFF
PBBS 100
PBFORWRD NONE PORT2 EVERY 0 (disabled)
PBHEADER ON
PBHOLD ON
PBKILLFW ON
PBLO NEW VARIABLE
PBPERSON OFF
PBREVERS OFF
PERSIST 63/63 (25%/25%)
PID OFF/OFF
PMODE CMD
PORT 1
PTEXT Welcome to KC5KGE's APRS "RELAY" in Katy, Texas....
REDISPLA $12 (CTRL-R)
RELINK OFF/OFF
RETRY 10/10
RING ON
RNRTIME 0
RTEXT _______________ -> This is the password phase used to connect to the MYREMOTE call
SCREENL 0
SENDPAC $0D (CTRL-M)
SLOTTIME 10/10 (100/100 msec)
START $11 (CTRL-Q)
STATSHRT ON
STOP $13 (CTRL-S)
STREAMSW $7C (¦)/$7E (~)
STREAMCA OFF
STREAMEV ON
SUPLIST OFF
SUPCALLS NONE
SWP 17,17,108
TRACE OFF/OFF
TRFLOW OFF
TRIES 10
TXDELAY 30/30 (300/300 msec)
TXFLOW OFF
UNPROTO APRS VIA WIDE,WIDE/APRS VIA WIDE,WIDE -> The default digipath
USERS 2/2
XFLOW ON
XKCHKSUM OFF
XKPOLLED OFF
XMITOK ON/ON
XOFF $13 (CTRL-S)
XON $11 (CTRL-Q)

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