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DaveNF2G
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I am in the Capital District of New York State. For travel purposes, I am looking for DMR information in "upstate" New York.
While Albany is in fact up state from NYC, people in this area tend to see New York as bounded by Schoharie to the west and Saratoga Springs and Glens Falls to the north. I'm only half kidding about this. The only DMR activity in upstate NY, according to the hams who have been involved in the DMR networks for a while, is between Albany and NYC.
I would be very surprised if the real "big cities" in NY (Smallbany is not one of them) have no ham DMR activity at all. But, I have not yet been able to locate a resource that would establish or locate such activity for certain. I grew up in Rochester, where AX.25, APRS and other computerized ham technologies were adopted early and fairly widely. There should be both DMR and D-Star activity in that area, unless the local ham population has changed drastically.
I want to create a Zone for my DMR rig that encompasses at least western New York. Ideally, a Zone could be created for traveling on the NYS Thruway (including west of Albany) as well. But I need the relevant info. Does anyone have pointers? TIA.
While Albany is in fact up state from NYC, people in this area tend to see New York as bounded by Schoharie to the west and Saratoga Springs and Glens Falls to the north. I'm only half kidding about this. The only DMR activity in upstate NY, according to the hams who have been involved in the DMR networks for a while, is between Albany and NYC.
I would be very surprised if the real "big cities" in NY (Smallbany is not one of them) have no ham DMR activity at all. But, I have not yet been able to locate a resource that would establish or locate such activity for certain. I grew up in Rochester, where AX.25, APRS and other computerized ham technologies were adopted early and fairly widely. There should be both DMR and D-Star activity in that area, unless the local ham population has changed drastically.
I want to create a Zone for my DMR rig that encompasses at least western New York. Ideally, a Zone could be created for traveling on the NYS Thruway (including west of Albany) as well. But I need the relevant info. Does anyone have pointers? TIA.
