[aprssig] Beacon too often

[Joseph M. Durnal]

While 15 seconds seems excessive in most cases, there isn't one size fits
all appropriate beacon rate.  A good place to start is:

Every minute the packet goes DIRECT path (no digi)
Every 2nd minute it goes via WIDE1-1 path
Every 4th minute it goes via WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1
Every 8th minute it goes via WIDE1-1,WIDE2-2

I really don't understand what you  mean by every 10 minutes and
smartbeaconing, there should be several settings when you configure
smartbeaconing (slow, fast, angle, slope time), not a single minute timer.

73 de Joe NE3R

On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 6:05 PM John Denison <kd5you at comcast.net> wrote:

> There is a ham in my area that beacons on APRS 144.390 every 15 seconds
> while mobile, and to me that seems rather excessive. It also makes it
> harder for other stations to use the frequency as we are in an area
> where 144.39 is very busy. I have mine set to every 10 minutes with
> smart beaconing on and it seems to work pretty well. What is an
> appropriate beacon rate? Thanks
>
> 73
> John Denison
> KD5YOU
>
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