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Looks like this just put the HOME RELAYs out of work. I disagree
with the percentages. What to do now?<br><br>
73, John - N5TIM<br><br>
At 08:20 2/22/2005, you wrote:<br>
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mwrobertson@comcast.net 2/21/05 8:36:26 PM >>><br>
>As Bob Bruninga said a few days ago, RELAY,WIDE2-2 <br>
>in metro areas, and maybe RELAY,WIDE3-3 out in the <br>
>boonies for travelers..<br><br>
Now that we have finalized the New n-N pParadigm,<br>
I do not recommend starting a path with RELAY. Yes,<br>
it has value 1% of the time when you are out of range<br>
of a digi and in range of a HOME RELAY, but the other<br>
99% of the time, that mobile could be generating 2 to 3 times<br>
the number of dupes on every single packet he transmits<br>
when he hits more than one digi. It just is not worth it.<br><br>
If there is a black hole, then put a WIDEn-N digi there.<br>
WIDEn-N has perfect dupe elimination and so adding<br>
a digi only adds ONE copy occasionally as opposed to<br>
2 to 3 times as many dupes on every packet from<br>
every mobile...<br><br>
These fill-in digis should trap then other N-s so as not<br>
to dupe every packet in the area..<br><br>
So my recopmmendation for the last several weeks now<br>
has been to drop the leading RELAY and just use<br>
WIDE2-2 for local commuting. WIDE3-3 for travelers<br>
east of the Mississippi and WIDE4-4 for truckers and<br>
long-haul travelers west of the Mississippi except for<br>
obvbious places on the west coast...<br><br>
de WB4APR, Bob<br><br>
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