[aprssig] WX station transmit rate?

[Richard Amirault]

Bob, you misunderstand what I am trying to say. I am NOT advocating using
RELAY as a first hop, but only that folks need to do more 'research' into
who near them is active ... more that what you suggested ... which was ONE
try and then use that station.

Richard Amirault                                N1JDU                Boston,
MA, USA
www.erols.com/ramirault          "Go Fly A Kite"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Bruninga"
Subject: Re: [aprssig] WX station transmit rate?
(snip)

>>Many are not 24/7 but only on the air for a few hours a day,
>>and maybe not  even every day at that.  If you choose one
>>of those stations as your first hop by callsign then you will
>>not make it into the local WIDE (assuming you can't hit it
>>direct) consistantly.
>
> Again, its a tradeoff.  The doubling or tripling of the load on
> the network 24/7 due to using the inefficient path of RELAY,WIDE
> needs to be balanced against the probabilty of this WX station
> being heard on the occasion of its designated "relay" station
> going down.
(snip)