Did some more tracking on myself last night N1KCG-9 and notice that while driving slow I got lots of beacons through. But as soon as I start moving fast, my beacons start getting really wide spaced and not heard. Terrain is very hilly, with lots of trees.
Given all the other symptoms (not being heard), any suggestions? Some are saying my antenna- radio might not be tuned up (poor swr)? Looking at the successful transmission sequence yesterday night, I notice that I was right next to a great gateway station, that picked up every beacon packet sent, when everything was running well. Am watching my radio transmit beacons, and it slows down transmitting when I drive fast. Almost like the TRACKER just stalls with its beaconing, while driving fast. As soon as I slow down at an exit, and start driving slow city streets, I start to get lots of beacons through (as recorded in the APRS.FI view). Again my interval is set to once every 15 seconds (--INT 15) and my transmit level is 200 (--TXL 200). SMART is OFF.
