[aprssig] Question abt recommended path

[Cap Pennell]

Ron is correct, but that's still more complicated than need be for mobiles
or home stations.

WIDE2-2 is a 2 hop path which is the recommended path for all stations.

Try it, please.  You'll find it works fine to get your station seen over a
_very_ large area on RF and on the internet too.  And it sure helps out the
rest of us more than using anything with RELAY or WIDE or any 3 hop paths.
We cannot afford, and do not need, more than a two hop path in our congested
VHF network, _at least_ in the Western USA.

There are still a few "flat" places back East of the Rockies that don't have
mountain-top digipeaters heard by IGates where one more hop (for a total of
3 hops) may be useful, but not very many at all.
73, Cap KE6AFE

P.S.  For information, including subscription instructions, about the
California APRS Users (and adjacent states) mailing list, see
http://members.cruzio.com/~cap/aprsinfo.txt
"CA APRS" is a fairly quiet (meaning low traffic volume) mailing list where
almost anything goes.  It's another good place to ask questions and share
information.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: aprssig-bounces at lists.tapr.org
> [mailto:aprssig-bounces at lists.tapr.org]On Behalf Of Ron Cluster
> Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 19:41 PM
> Subject: RE: [aprssig] Question abt recommended path
>
>
> WIDE1-1,WIDE2-2 is a 3 hop path
> WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1 is a 2 hop path which is the recommended path for mobiles
> WIDE2-2 is a 2 hop path which is the recommended path for home stations
>
> IF YOU ARE RUNNING UI-View32 you MUST precede ANY path with APRS,
>
> I don't know about the other APRS programs but UI-View32 allows you to put
> something else there for special purposes. If you don't start your path in
> UI-View32 with APRS you probably won't get decoded (or possibly digi'd
> either) by other stations.
>
> See www.nwaprs.org for more explanation of the new settings.
>
> 73.....Ron.....AC7TK.....(-9 when mobile)
> UI-View32 iGate in Eugene, OR