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<font size=3>At 11:17 AM 2013-09-24, Robert Bruninga wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Thanks for the question.
That is the fun part!<br>
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The Repeater Object you want to “advertise” is the one that you would
recommend to a traveler entering the area and just wanting to TALK to
people in the area. These days, with PL, it is nearly impossible
for a traveler to play radio while mobile in a new area without knowing
this critical info. So it is your call. If you were entering
the *<b>coverage area of this digi</b>* what repeater would you
have the best chance of finding someone. That is the one to
advertise.<br>
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Fortunately, in a KPC-3, you actually have room for 3 such frequency
objects if needed. They TX simplex direct once every 10 minutes
(and only when the channel as heard by the digi is clear). Hence
great info, in real-time, but at no cost to the load on the
channel.</font></blockquote><br>
As a traveller who seldom has a passenger I very much like the concept of
repeater objects and we've introducing them around here in Alberta.
And yes in parts of Alberta amateurs have gone a bit overboard in
creating dozens of repeater objects which are being transmitted from
their home igates but I digress. <smile><br><br>
However I disagree with one portion of your statement. The
"direct' part. The digi network out my area of rural Alberta is just
awesome. It is a relatively quiet network with little mobile
traffic and very little overlap between the sites. My subjective
observations while mobile are that the coverage of a digi for the mobile
station to receive packets is substantially less than the coverage of the
FM repeater when on the same antenna. Voice
coverage might be 60 or 70 kms while receiving the packet might only work
out about 30 kms.<br><br>
Given a ten minute object transmit time the traveller could be in range
of the voice repeater for up to half an hour before the traveller knows
it exists.<br><br>
Therefore I would suggest that the repeater object have a path of WIDE1-1
or WIDE2-1 so the adjacent digipeaters see the packet and display it on
your device as you pass near those digipeaters. So now you the
amateur radio operator can make the decision if you are close enough to
the voice repeater and tune to the frequency.<br><br>
Tony<br><br>
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