[aprssig] WIDEs

[Greg Noneman]

Eric,

Your right, you wouldn't expect K4ROK-10 to respond again.  But does 
KB4TOH-10 also see you direct?  If so K4ROK-10 may send the packet 
again as KB4TOH-10, K4ROK-10*, WIDE.   So (assuming only two local 
digis) your packet gets sent 4 times. With WIDEn-N, it only gets sent 
twice (once by each digi).  The problem only arises when you have a 
source station that is in view of several digis which also see each 
other.

73,
Greg
WB6ZSU


On Jan 5, 2005, at 8:28 AM, Eric H. Christensen wrote:

> I'm curious.  If I'm using a path like RELAY,WIDE,WIDE and it gets
> repeated twice so it now looks like K4ROK-10*,KB4TOH-10*,WIDE why
> would K4ROK-10 repeat the packet again?  Wouldn't it see that it is
> in the path already and not digipeat it again?
>
>
> 73s,
> Eric KF4OTN
> kf4otn at amsat.org
> http://www.ericsatcom.net
>
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