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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:whiskey7doa@gmail.com">whiskey7doa@gmail.com</a> wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid433988B1.3060602@gmail.com" type="cite">Ray
McKnight wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">I believe you should change your path to
WIDE2-1
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OK, Jason said I should use WIDE1-1, WIDE2-2. You say I should use
WIDE2-1. In short, what is the difference between the three. What do
the numbers signify?
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<font face="Arial">They determine how many digipeater hops your packets
will be transmitted, and what kind of digipeaters will be used.
Starting about 9 months ago, a massive change in recommended path
settings started being phased in to reduce the channel congestion on
144.39 due to continued growth of APRS activity. As a result, nearly
all print recommendations on path settings, such as the Kenwood
instruction manuals, are now obsolete. <br>
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The history and current settings for APRS path settings are explained
in detail here:<br>
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</font><font face="Arial">"APRS 101" Explanation of APRS Path
Selection & Digipeating <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://webs.lanset.com/wa8lmf/DigiPaths">http://webs.lanset.com/wa8lmf/DigiPaths</a> <br>
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Stephen H. Smith wa8lmf (at) aol.com <br>
EchoLink Node: 14400 [Think bottom of the 2M band]<br>
Skype: wa8lmf<br>
Home Page: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wa8lmf.com">http://wa8lmf.com</a><br>
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Updated APRS Symbol Chart <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://webs.lanset.com/wa8lmf/miscinfo/APRS_Symbol_Chart.pdf">http://webs.lanset.com/wa8lmf/miscinfo/APRS_Symbol_Chart.pdf</a> <br>
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New/Updated "Rev G" APRS <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://webs.lanset.com/wa8lmf/aprs">http://webs.lanset.com/wa8lmf/aprs</a><br>
Symbols Set for UI-View, <br>
UIpoint and APRSplus:<br>
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