[aprssig] 2008 Worldwide New-N APRS Digipeater statistics Update

[Robert Bruninga]

Here is the annual update on the state of the APRS network.  It
shows further penetration of the New-N paradigm, but also some
disturbing growth in obsolete digis too...  Unfortunately, these
global statistice include Europe which does not have the
standardization we are trying to achieve here in the USA.

New-N-Paradigm Digis as of 8 Jan 2008:
 S digis 1400, was 840  New-N's that support SSn-N 
 L digis  130, was  63  Limited New-N's (Huh?)
 F digis   32, was  20  KPC3 old ver 8.2 FLOOD only
 P digis   35, was  17  New-N   Paccomms 
 1 digis  180, was  61  New-N   one-hop digis 

The following are all the obsolete digis.  Amazingly all of the
obsolete digipeaters are also still increasing, meaning too many
people are just slapping up digis without any idea of how to
optimize the network.

 N  520, was 380  Old -N's that flood and bad timings
 T  140, was 100  obsolete PacComm Trace digis
 U  184, was 110  UIDIGI ROMS needing updating to "S"
 D   90, was  46  DIGI_NED needing updating to "S"
 R   95, was  72  obsolete RELAY. Should be WIDE1-1
 W   28, was  12  obsolete WIDE.  Should be WIDE1-1

Most of these are from too many home stations trying to be
digis...
Sheesh...
Bob, WB4APR

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Bruninga [mailto:bruninga at usna.edu] 
> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 5:20 PM
> To: 'Robert Bruninga'; aprssig at lists.tapr.org
> Subject: Worldwide New-N APRS Digipeater statistics Update!
> 
> Here is New-N Paradigm progress since October 2005.
> 
> Notice the big jump in "S" digipeaters. And phase out of "L"'s
> which is the same as an "S" digipeater but for some reason
does
> not support the SSn-N path.  There aren't as many fill-in
> WIDE1-1's, as I thought.
> 
>  New-N-Paradigm Digis:
>  S digis 840, was 490  New-N's that support SSn-N 
>  L digis  63, was  75  New-N's (should be S's)
>  F digis  20, was  20  KPC3 old ver 8.2 FLOOD only
>  P digis  17, was  20  New-N   Paccomms 
>  1 digis  61, was  30  New-N   one-hop digis
>  
>  Old style digis:
>  N  380, was 515  Old -N's that flood and bad timings
>  T  100, was 115  obsolete PacComm Trace digis
>  U  110, was 135  UIDIGI ROMS needing updating to "S"
>  D   46, was  75  DIGI_NED needing updating to "S"
>  R   72, was  95  obsolete RELAY. Change to WIDE1-1
>  W   12, was  12  obsolete WIDE.  Change to WIDE1-1
> 
> See the New-N Paradigm ideas on which all this is based:
>  http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/aprs/fix14439.html 
> 
> The most important thing that should be fixed NOW are the "T"
> digis that can all be updated to New-N remotely by the SYSOP
> without even visiting the digi site.  It is simply a matter of
> changing the parameters by remote-sysop linnk.  Above all
else,
> those "T" digis should be the focus.  Once the commands are
> sent, then it becomes a "P" digi.
> 
> There are still a huge number of "N" digis, and the fact that
> they have not been updated (again, trivial to do via remote
> logon only) means they are contributing a lot of unnecessary
QRM
> to the channel that could all be eliminated if the SYSOP would
> just logon and set the paramteres according to the New-N
> Paradigm.
> 
> Fixing those "N" and "T" digis without any hardware changes or
> any trips to the site, would go a very long way toward
> completing the New-N Paradigm shift.  If you have an "N" or
"T"
> digi, gently approach the sysop and see if you can help him
with
> the set up.  Offer to make the changes if he will give you a
> temporary SYSOP password.  After you make the changes for him,
> he can reset to his favorite password and be confident that he
> has not compormised his system.
> 
> Clues of digis that have not been fully updated are:
>  1) still show an "N" or a "T"
>  2) dont show the type of TNC in the TOCALL
>  3) dont show the "Wn,SSn" capabilities in posit text
>  4) Are not beaconing with the proportional-Pathing technique
>  5) Are using more than 2 hops
>  6) Don't show a PHG value
>  7) ID text not condensed for best 10x10 display on D7/D700
> 
> We are getting close.  Just a few more hundred to go out of
1660
> or so.  Every locatin that has done it has reported an
> improvement in performance.
> 
> Lets do it.
> 
> Bob, Wb4APR
> 
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