[aprssig] New Mexico and Arizona... New n-N Paradigm

[Daron J. Wilson]

> >I have a good grasp on the new N-N Paradigm, but the
> >status of "RELAY" still confuses me.  The universal path
> >is now WIDE2-2.  You just said that current "fill in" RELAY-only
> >digi's should now support *BOTH* aliases of RELAY *AND*
> >WIDE2-2.  Why then is RELAY still needed as an alias?
> 
> Because without it, "we can't get there from here"...
> 
> Knowing how lethargic the APRS network and users are, it
> will take years for some people to change their mobile tracker
> paths.  Thus we must always support RELAY.  But starting
> now, we want to "encourage" the use of WIDE2-2 and support
> of same...

But....we've spent the last year planning and are now building out
relay/weather digi's in the areas that were hard to get out of to a wide
digi.  There are about four of them that we're installing in areas
throughout the county where you need a little extra push to get out of
that 20 mile stretch of road.  We deliberately set these up as RELAY
only, thinking that was the most logical approach.

Changing them all to WIDE is certainly possible, but...that would take
up one of the hops and they are relatively close together in some areas,
though needed to cover the area.
 
> >Wouldn't fill in digi's be either RELAY or WIDE2-2 but not both?
> > Or are we keeping RELAY to be backwards compatible to
> >people still using RELAY,WIDE?
> 
> Yes, that is it exactly...  RELAY will always be there, but
> we want to "encourage" the use of WIDE2-2 as being
> the most efficient.
> Bob

So why will it be more efficient for us to use WIDE2-2 now and bypass
these relay stations when you can't hit the wide digi from those canyon
road areas?

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