I changed my UNPROTO to WIDE3-3,WIDE2-2 and met with some success. The following came off of www.findu.com:
KD7PJQ-6>S7PV8P,N4EVA-11,WIDE3*,WIDE2-2,qAo,W8JUK-3:`h8?o^2″3r}TH-D7A(G)
KD7PJQ-6>S7PV5S,N4EVA-11,WIDE3*,WIDE2-2,qAo,W8JUK-3:`h8Vo6)”4″}TH-D7A(G)
KD7PJQ-6>S7PU1X,N4EVA-11,WIDE3*,WIDE2-2,qAo,W8JUK-3:`h7C!SE”3z}TH-D7A(G)
KD7PJQ-6>S7PT4S,N4EVA-11,WIDE3,K4ROK-10*,WIDE2,qAo,KF4VTT:`h6N!S6″3x}TH-D7A(G)
KD7PJQ-6>S7PS5X,N4EVA-11,WIDE3*,WIDE2-2,qAo,W8JUK-3:`h5(!]9″3x}TH-D7A(G)
Blue dots above represent a plot from each packet that made it to N4EVA-11.
What I did for this test was to connect the GPS to the D7A and drove out to Newport News and back. While going up and down I-64, I kept getting good packets being digipeated from N4EVA-11. But once I leave I-64, the signal from the D7A (with just a rubber duck, no external antenna) no longer hits N4EVA-11.
Unless I set up my own digipeater, I have to be able to get my packet to N4EVA-11. I believe the key piece of being able to do this while bicycle mobile is to install a decent antenna. I’m going to look for something suitable at the Virginia Beach Hamfest this weekend.