Only two Mountains remaining to be covered for this historic event.
Killington, Vermont and Clingman’s dome in the Great Smokies National Park. On Saturday, 20 July, Just drive up to the parking lots, set up a small mast to clear the cars with an Omni dual band vertical and play APRS (and other) Radios for 4 hours starting at noon. Ideally you have a D700, D710 or D72 APRS radio that can digipeate the special event packets.
To understand the entire event, getting a live APRS packet from Georgia/Alabama to Maine/Canada see the main web page: http://aprs.org/at-golden-packet.html
Sorry, Im having FTP problems so that page has not yet been fully updated to 2013 participants but you can see them here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiYno6C9YkfGdHlkNHlVYUNyZEJ4S3R...
We must have all 14 mountain tops manned to complete the DX link. Thanks, WB4APR
*From:* Robert Bruninga [mailto:bruninga@usna.edu] *Sent:* Tuesday, July 02, 2013 11:32 PM *To:* amsat-bb@amsat.org; aprssig@tapr.org; aprs@yahoogroups.com *Cc:* bruninga@usna.edu *Subject:* Golden Packet 20 July gaps: NH, MA, NY, NC/TN
We have an urgent need for Ham Packet Ops on mountain tops in New Hampshire, Mount Greylock, MA, Sams Point, NY, Clingmans Dome in the Smokie Mountains and Roan Mountain NC.
This is a 4 hour event making our annual attempt at the Golden Packet, an APRS packet message from Maine to Georgia along the Appalachian Mountain Chain on Saturday 20 July.
All you need is an APRS radio that can digipeat (D72, D700, D710) and a power source and antenna. (and Know how to operate it!) All of these sites are “drive up” except Sam’s point in New York. The attempt is from noon to 4 PM. Remember, Tim, KA1YBS has to begin in the dark to climb a full MILE straight up to get to the top of Mt Katahdin in Main and then get back down before sunset. Hence, the 4 hour window.
This is our 4th annual attempt and last year we were successful except for only one broken link in NH. Will you be available to help make history? The Golden Packet was proposed back in the early 80’s. It has never been claimed since the rise of the Internet that has eclipsed all DX packet attempts. We will do this every year even beyond success. It is a good test of emergency long distance packet techniques.
If you can activate one of the above 5 sites, please see detail links on this page for each site and learn all you can:
http://aprs.org/at-golden-packet.html
Think of this as Packet Radio FIELD DAY! These 14 sites have been well surveyed and we know the links will work, if everyone can get in place and KNOW how to operate their radio.
Other secondary sites are also invited on Stone Mountain, GA, Lookout Mountain TN, and Huntsville Mountain
Bob, WB4aPR