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<font size=3>At 01:27 PM 2013-09-24, Robert Bruninga wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""> This FREQ object belongs
*<b>to</b>*the*digi not to the repeater it is advertising.. The
digi’s job is to serve the users in *<b>its</b>* vicinity (and not
generate QRM to the channel *<b>nor</b>* to adjacent areas.
Therefore, this LOCALINFO concept has been uniquely designed to be
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1) Sourced at the digi to serve only the
DIGI’s users and DIGI’s area</font></blockquote><br>
However the repeater object coverage is outside the DIGI's coverage area
so I'm choosing to favour the mobile amateur rather than the load on the
network. The load out here is quite low.<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font size=3>
2) Sourced at the digi to eliminate any
WIDEn-n digipeating (added load on the network)</blockquote><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Doing anthing else, (Souircing
at a home station), Sourcing with any digipeat hops other than DIRECT
violates all 5 concepts.</font></blockquote><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font size=3>There is nothing
more frustrating than to receive a packet poping up on my display showing
146.94 MHz and then getting excited that I might be able to dig up a
local contact, only to find that I cannot hit it and have wasted my time
and endangered myself for tuning the radio when the FREQ object is coming
in from 100 miles away from some digi or home station that does not
understand this concept.</font></blockquote><br>
That might be part the cause of the difference of opinion. I
get my information on the nearby APRS objects by glancing at the easy to
read Nuvi 350 display.
<a href="http://wiki.argentdata.com/index.php?title=File:Nuvi_350_-_Favorites_Screen.JPG" eudora="autourl">
http://wiki.argentdata.com/index.php?title=File:Nuvi_350_-_Favorites_Screen.JPG</a>
I see the closest 5 objects and their distance from me. Away
from the big city the five closest objects are out about 40 to 60
kms. If I want to see the next set I hit
the down arrow button.<br><br>
I simply don't see that repeater object 160 kms away unless I scroll down
several pages. The D710 list of APRS objects is
too small for me to safely view while mobile. I only ever look at
the frequency on the D710.<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font size=3>Yes, one may chose
to add this huge burden and out-of-area-and-of-no-value info on their
very remote network in an area because it is desolate and with hardly any
traffic, but please understand that that is a local choice and goes
against the concept in any area where reliability and throughput of users
is of a concern.</blockquote><br>
I still disagree. <smile><br><br>
Tony</font></body>
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