[aprssig] The new D710 and Smart Beaconing?

[scott at opentrac.org]

The Tracker2 has a new feature I'd like to see more widely implemented - you can set it so that if it hears its own packet digipeated, it'll skip the next n transmissions.  This means you can set a fairly high beacon rate to get a better success rate out in the middle of nowhere, but when you get into an area with better coverage it automatically cuts back on beacons.

Scott
N1VG
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From: Earl Needham [mailto:needhame1 at plateautel.net]
To: TAPR APRS Mailing List [mailto:aprssig at lists.tapr.org]
Sent: Wed, 23 May 2007 09:36:11 -0700
Subject: Re: [aprssig] The new D710 and Smart Beaconing?

At 10:26 AM 5/23/2007, Matt Werner wrote:
>On 5/23/07, Robert Bruninga <bruninga at usna.edu> wrote:
>>This means everyone cruising down the highway above 60 is
>>generating packets every 20 or 30 seconds.  This is *not*
>>acceptible for routine operations.
>[snip]
>>Get some guy driving around in the parking lots and malls while
>>doing lots of honey-doos and shopping, it kills the frequency
>>with 10+ second beacons for hours.  Again, this is *not*
>>acceptible for routine operations, and past experience shows
>>that we can guarantee that -most- will be at the -wrong-
>>settings -most- of the time.
>
>These would both be examples of a grossly mis-configured SmartBeaconing setup.
>
>SmartBeaconing lets you set a "high speed" that will beacon at the
>slowest rate.  Mine is set so that, over 55 MPH, I beacon every 90
>seconds (or is it 120 now?).
>
>SmartBeaconing also lets you set a minimum time between posits.  10
>seconds would be too short IMHO.
>
>Anyone who can mis-configure SmartBeaconing can mis-configure any
>other setup as well...

         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.

         Bob, why don't you try that HamHUD you have?  You could sure 
use it to get a feel for how SmartBeaconing works, and I for one am a 
little bit irritated that you repeatedly blast SmartBeaconing while 
having no experience with it.

         7 3
         Earl

KD5XB -- Earl Needham
Clovis, New Mexico DM84jk
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cw_bugs 



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