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<br><div><div>On Sep 15, 2007, at 9:59 AM, Jason Winningham wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: -1; ">"Welcome to APRS, you've got to figure out how the entire network works in order to get on the air the first time."</span></div></blockquote><br></div><div>Well put Jason.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>I'd rather have a sense of accomplishment and belonging that the user will experience when he sees his first time packet digi'd then the frustration of not seeing it digi'd.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Sure, the user has used an incorrect path but let's correct his mistake, get him on the air and then help him to understand what he should be doing.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Not letting him get on the air seems elitist and snobbish to me.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>--</div><div> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Geneva" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Geneva">Steve <steve.jones at rogers.com></font></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Geneva; min-height: 16.0px"><br></p> <br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></body></html>