[aprssig] Digipeater setup for Dayton

[Bob Bruninga]

Why not put the Igate on 144.39 where everyone is?

It will hear those that are close, and that is the point.

 

Bob, WB4APR



 

From: aprssig-bounces at tapr.org [mailto:aprssig-bounces at tapr.org] On Behalf
Of Randy Love
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 3:18 PM
To: TAPR APRS Mailing List
Subject: Re: [aprssig] Digipeater setup for Dayton

 

Hi, Bob.

I'm helping with an indoor vendor this year and am considering setting up an
igate at the booth on a 70cm freq. Do you think such an indoor 70cm igate
would be useful? 

73,
Randy
WF5X

On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 10:28 AM, Bob Bruninga <bruninga at usna.edu> wrote:

> [does] anyone set up a digipeater at Dayton,
> or do we rely on the local digi's?

Proper operation of an event like Dayton would suggest that putting up a
digipeater would be the worst thing to do.  With over 300+ mobiles and
portables beaconing away all in simplex range of each other, a digipeater
would do nothing but drastically reduce the reliability of the channel by
half or more.

The proper way to handle a ham radio event with a massive influx of APRS
operations is to:

1) Have no digi at the focal point (Hamvention) (all signals are direct)

2) Have all digis going out 20 miles in all directions be ONE-HOP DIGIS
ONLY.  That is, they only respond to WIDE1-1 or WIDE2-2 and nothing else.
They digipeat once and do callsign substitution so the packet goes no
farther.

3) Strategic IGates are placed right at Hamvention so they hear everything
in simplex range.

4) Additional IGates are configured so that every surrounding digi going out
20 miles has an IGate to hear the one-hop packets.

5) Doing all the above, then the hundreds of APRS mobiles and portables do
not have to change anything.  They just drive into town with their normal
WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1 settings.

No matter where you are, you will hear all your surrounding stations, and
that is the best APRS can do under those conditions.

Bob, WB4APR



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