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<font size=3>At 03:06 PM 2013-09-24, Bob Burns W9BU wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 2:18 PM,
Tony VE6MVP <<a href="mailto:tony@ve6mvp.com">tony@ve6mvp.com</a>>
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<dd>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.<br><br>
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In my opinion, repeater objects should only take digipeater hops if the
voice repeater covers the combined range of the nearby
repeaters.<br><br>
If the coverage area of the digipeater that originates the repeater
object and the voice repeater's coverage area are roughly the same, then
"advertising" the voice repeater outside its coverage area is
useless information to the traveler.</blockquote><br>
But even if the digi is on the same antenna as the voice repeater the
received coverage by the mobile station will never be as good as the
repeater. My subjective experience has been that a digi
packet can be reliably received while mobile about 30 kms or 20 miles
from the repeater. The range of the voice repeater is about double
the radius.<br><br>
Tony</body>
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