[aprssig] Newbie Path Question

[Len Revelle]

If the local digi is still using RELAY then set your D7 for  
RELAY,WIDE2-1. Then try to make contact with the RELAY owner and  
suggest he change his alias to WIDE1-1.

Regardless of what the current standard is, the only way you will be  
able to use the system is with what you have. The RELAY may have other  
users that you can get to know and work with.

Len Revelle N9IJ
n9ij at comcast.net



On May 17, 2009, at 6:54 AM, Josh Smith wrote:

> I did some more playing around last night and this morning.  And it
> appears as if there is a digi closer to me than the ones on the
> aprs.fi map.  However it never ACK's anything unless I have relay in
> the path, which I understand is obsoleted.  How can I find out the
> call of this digi.  I would like to contact the owner and see if we
> can get it reconfigured with non obsolete settings.
>
> Thanks,
> Josh Smith
> KD8HRX
>
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> On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 11:57 PM, Keith VE7GDH <ve7gdh at rac.ca> wrote:
>> Josh KD8HRX wrote...
>>
>>> I have changed this setting to relay,wide4-4 and things seem to be
>>> working much better now. I'm not very confident in my understanding
>>> of this setting but I believe that this means that my packet will be
>>> digipeated by up to 4 digipeaters before it "expires". Could some  
>>> one
>>> tell me if my understanding is correct?
>>>
>>> Also what is the difference between using wide and trace in the path
>>> setting and which should I use for my normal operations?
>>
>> You have already received some good replies from Ron and John. It
>> has unfortunate if there is still a digi in your area that responds  
>> to
>> RELAY. It has been obsolete in North America for something like 4-5
>> years now. If you did actually hit a digi that still responded to the
>> obsolete RELAY, the four additional hops from WIDE4-4 would make a
>> total of 5 hops which would be considered an overly long and abusive
>> path in most locations. Read up on the ALOHA principal. You should  
>> try
>> and keep your beacons within your own ALOHA circle. Any more than  
>> that
>> is just creating QRM.
>>
>> Most places in North America, WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1 will be the path to  
>> use.
>> If you really need a longer path, try WIDE1-1,WIDE2-2 but only if  
>> it is
>> really needed. You can always use "state flooding" if you truly  
>> need to
>> propagate something to greater distances than you normally need to  
>> go.
>> Such a path would be referred to as SSn-N where "SS" is the two  
>> letter
>> abbreviation for your state. It should be preceded by WIDE1-1 to make
>> it traceable... e.g. WIDE1-1,SSn-N where again, the SS represents  
>> your
>> state.
>>
>> Both the WIDEn-N and fill-in digis will respond to WIDE1-1, but if  
>> you
>> are heard direct by a high WIDEn-N digi, that's great. In WIDEn-N,  
>> the
>> "n" is the number of hops requested, and the "N" is how many hops  
>> remain
>> or are as yet unused. The digis that respond to WIDE1-1 only are  
>> called
>> "fill-in" digis. Their purpose is to help mobile stations make it to
>> higher WIDEn-N digis usually in hilly terrain or in the "concrete
>> jungle" in town. As each digipeater acts on your beacon, it inserts  
>> its
>> own callsign to make it traceable. The "N" is decremented when it  
>> goes
>> through the digi. When it reaches zero, the "N" is used up and it  
>> won't
>> be digipeated any further.
>>
>> Just remember that RELAY, WIDE, TRACE and TRACEn-N are
>> obsolete in North America. If you are aware of a digi that responds
>> to the obsolete RELAY, try and contact the operator and politely ask
>> them to update their digi's settings. The replacement for RELAY is
>> WIDE1-1.
>>
>> PS - you did the right thing in asking about your path! You can't be
>> criticized in initially using RELAY as it is one of the default  
>> settings
>> in the D7. While it is now obsolete at least in this continent, you  
>> can
>> now update your settings knowing that you are using the recommended
>> path for mobile stations.
>>
>> 73 es cul - Keith VE7GDH
>> --
>> "I may be lost, but I know exactly where I am!"
>>
>>
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