>>> Part 2 of 2...
 
an LED would draw many times what the chip draws, which would lead one
to believe that it is CMOS.
 
 RD>>> It would if there were enough people willing ot take the time to
 RD>>> learn how to  use the APRS software to do DF-ing.
 II> To learn it ya gotta have the equipment, (well, I s'poze booklearning 
 RD> works
 II> too), and to have the equipment ya gotta have the money...
 RD> Any computer running DOS can run the software alone.
 
True, but it still takes GPSs for the mobile/portable hunters, and APRS
hardware all around if you are going to use that method.  I believe that
Dopplers are a little cheaper for a Ham on a budget, and Handy-finders
are much cheaper yet, especially if you can build it yourself like I am
getting ready to do.
 
 RD> For the DF part of APRS you only need the software and one fixed
 RD> station with several mobiles to do a DF job.
 RD> The version of APRS I have has several text fiels which go into the
 RD> detail of  how the DF can be done with APRS.
 
Would you like to netmail the .TXT to me please?  (I'm sure you don't
want to crashmail both the program and the files to me).   :-}
Oterwise, is there somewhere on the Inet that they could be found?  I
could send my Co-SysOp after it.  (I don't surf the Inet.)
 
 RD> For a full-blown APRS set-up you only need the APRS software,a TNC
 RD> and your latitude and longtitude if you plan to run only a fixed APRS
 RD> station.
 
I would still need to get a TNC, though, and those things aren't free!
 
 RD> Since my APRS set-up is fixed and my lat-long is known I'm
 RD> ook. It is when you want to go and run APRS mobile that a GPRS is
 RD> needed. 
 
 
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