[aprssig] The new D710 and Smart Beaconing?

[Rory Burke]

At 11:36 AM 5/23/2007, Earl Needham wrote:
>>Snip...
>
>         I'll second that.  Properly configured, SmartBeaconing will 
> transmit much less than Bob's example.  When using my HamHUD, I 
> usually set mine to beacon every 3 miles, plus a beacon if I turn a corner.

Our group here in the Houston area, after doing some experimenting 
with the TinyTrack SmartBeaconing parameters, have figured out that 
if you set the High Speed to 90mph (a speed that most of us never 
reach), the High Beacon Rate then corresponds to 5 seconds for every 
1/8 mile covered over the ground. It's just a matter of deciding HOW 
FAR APART IN DISTANCE the you want to beacon and setting the High 
Beacon Rate accordingly. So if you want your beacons to come every 3 
miles you'd set your High Beacon Rate to 120 seconds. Pretty simple...

Rory Burke - K5MBH