<div>This sounds like the NSR argument. WIDE2-2 alone isn't enough in Chicago. There would be major holes in coverage unfortunately.</div>
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<div>73 de Pat --- KA9SCF.<br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/30/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">A.J. Farmer (AJ3U)</b> <<a href="mailto:farmer.aj@gmail.com">farmer.aj@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">When the new APRS paradigm was being proposed, one of the goals was a<br>universal path of WIDE2-2 that would work anywhere. This was because
<br>different areas were using different setups, requiring you to know and<br>change your path depending on where you traveled. Having to change<br>your path while mobile on a long distance trip continues to be one of<br>
the biggest complaints about APRS. A single, universal path of<br>WIDE2-2 was supposed to fix that.<br><br>Now we are getting back to multiple paths and confusion again. This<br>is from the relayFIX document:<br><br>>WIDE2-2 General mobile recommendation and metro areas
<br>>WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1 New TWO hop path which is safe to use everywhere<br>>WIDE1-1,WIDE2-2 New 3 hop path that may be used in remote areas<br><br>I understand what is going on, but when you try to explain this to a
<br>totally new APRS user, you can almost see their eyes glaze over in<br>confusion. It just doesn't make sense to have to change your path<br>when operating a mobile station.<br><br>After moving forward, haven't we moved backwards again? Do we really
<br>still need RELAY only or "WIDE1-1" digi's which are causing this path<br>confusion? With the new paradigm, shouldn't a former RELAY digi just<br>become a fully functional WIDEn-n digi? I'm under the belief that at
<br>this point in the game, if you don't have an up-to-date TNC that can<br>fully support the new paradigm, you should not have it on the air as a<br>digi, RELAY, or otherwise. Doing so keeps us from moving forward.<br><br>
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