[aprssig] TEMPn-N and callsign digipeating

[William McKeehan]

I'm faced with a similar delima. We have a WIDE area digi that covers most of
the area well. There are a few places where the WIDE digi can be heard, but
can not hear (downtown Knoxville). We have a few well placed fill-in digi's
that fill these holes very well.

Now, we have a station that moved to an area where he can not hear the WIDE
area digi.

I'm struggling to find a solution.

The only thought I have had thus far is to put up another WIDE area digi that
can be heard by the recently moved station.

Anyone else have other suggestions?


On Mon, May 29, 2006 2:05 pm, VE7GDH said:
> Jason KG4WSV wrote...
>
>> This reinforces what I have always felt was fundamentally wrong with
>> the "fill-in digi" concept.  If I need help getting out, I need help
>> receiving, too!
>
> Yes, but if you successfully send a message out via a "fill-in" digi and
> someone replies using the same path that you used, they should theoretically
> be able to reach you. You will usually get two chances to receive the
> reply... one from the (usually) higher elevation WIDEn-N digi (if you can
> hear it direct) and then again when it is digi'd via the nearby fill-in
> digi that heard the WIDEn-N digi. You probably need help getting out
> because the higher elevation WIDEn-N digi hears too much. Everyone
> is politely holding off until the frequency is clear as far as their
> receiver is concerned. However, if the high elevation WIDEn-N digi does
> actually get the reply, and the sender used a path that included the fill-in
> digi that you used, there would be a higher chance of success.
>
> Here's a can of worms. Would it ever be reasonable for someone sending a
> reply to use DIGI1,WIDE1-1 for the reply path? I know what it would do...
> every fill-in digi that hears DIGI1 would digipeat the reply. Can anyone
> think of a circumstance where it could be justified? I'm not mulling over
> beaconing with WIDE1-1 anywhere other than in the first position... just a
> message or a reply. I nearly deleted this paragraph before hitting send, so
> please be kind!
>
> 73 es cul - Keith VE7GDH
> --
> "I may be lost, but I know exactly where I am!"
>
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