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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Thanks for asking!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Yes, DIGI should beacon its own data once every 10 minutes direct AND once every hour via 1 hop.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">The local FREQ object shouldbe evry 10 minutes DIRECT</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">The IGate should be every 10m via 1 hop. Or if that is too much in your area, it shold be every 30 minutes. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">It looks like you have read <a href="http://aprs.org/localinfo.html">http://aprs.org/localinfo.html</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Bob, WB4APR</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459792552837_18305"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459792552837_18304"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459792552837_18303"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459792552837_18302"><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><hr size="1" width="100%" align="center"></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> jason arends via aprssig <<a href="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org">aprssig@tapr.org</a>><br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org">aprssig@tapr.org</a> <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 5, 2016 2:10 PM<br><b>Subject:</b> [aprssig] Digi and Voice Repeater Beacon Question</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black"></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459792552837_18561"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></p><div id="yiv8664224007"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459792552837_18560"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">I currently have a Pi running a tx/rx digi in my area where we have no APRS coverage. It's low altitude and covers a small area and I currently beacon my own digi object and also a frequency object for the popular voice repeater in the area. </span></p><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459792552837_18571"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">Our local radio club is planning on putting an APRS digi on the same site as that voice repeater, which has no Internet access, so I will be changing my station to a tx/rx igate only and I'm going to be setting up the digipeater that will go on-site. </span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459792552837_18563"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">My question is, what should the digi beacon - both it's own digi object and the repeater frequency object at the same location? Also for my tx igate, should the path be just the local digi, instead of any wide-type paths? I'm assuming it would be the same also if I wanted to send objects for local events and meetings, just path directly to that digi so it stays in the area?</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">This is what I'm currently sending for the local repeater, if you have any feedback on that, it would also be appreciated:</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">;147.210MO*111111z3706. N/09424. WrT915 R35m Net M1930 W0IN</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">Thanks, I'm pretty new to APRS and want to get it right.</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">~jason </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">K0JAA</span></p></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black"><br>_______________________________________________<br>aprssig mailing list<br><a href="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org">aprssig@tapr.org</a><br><a href="http://www.tapr.org/mailman/listinfo/aprssig" target="_blank">http://www.tapr.org/mailman/listinfo/aprssig</a><br><br></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>