<div dir="ltr">Bob-<div><br></div><div>as a resident of the Denver-Boulder metro area, I can confirm the poor APRS network reports. We had a third high site digi about 8-10 years ago on Mt Thorodin (a great site) , but after that one was lost (not sure why) and with the increase in population the network has suffered. We have many RX-only i-gates to fill in gating, but I'm not aware of any coordinated effort to improve the network digipeaters. Then again, I've never reached out to the digi sysops to inquire, so I'm not sure if they are working on it or not. </div><div><br></div><div>N0NHJ is the call on the Bakerville digi (BVILLE) which receives a lot (most?) of the Denver traffic, except those closer to the foothills as they are shadowed for that site. I do not know him nor have I talked to him. We've got a couple of digis down lower (like N2XGL-5 up near me) but again I do not know if they have coordinated their efforts.</div><div><br></div><div>Hopefully somebody else from our area who is better connected can shed some light on the subject?</div><div><br></div><div>73 de Bud</div><div>W0RMT<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="border-collapse:collapse"><div><font color="#000000" style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">------------------------------</font><font color="#000000" style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">----------------<br>Robert (Bud) M. Talbot III<br>W0RMT<br></font><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">DMR: Brandmeister TG 31088, 31084</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">NXDN: 8328 on TG 31088</span><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"></font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">P25: 31088</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">YSF: 99256, 18262</span></div><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">DSTAR: XRF303B/D</span></div><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font color="#000000">APRS: W0RMT-3, -5, -7, -9, -11</font></div><font color="#000000" style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">FM voice in Denver/Boulder area: 145.310 (<a href="http://www.colcon.org/index.html" target="_blank">Colorado Connection</a>), 146.700, or 146.760</font></div><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font color="#000000"><span><span title="Call with Google Voice"><span title="Call with Google Voice">303-668-1322</span></span></span><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font color="#000000">------------------------------</font><font color="#000000">-----------------</font></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 5:26 PM Robert Bruninga <<a href="mailto:bruninga@usna.edu">bruninga@usna.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>A user reported poor APRS performance after moving from Maryland to Denver.<br><br></div>I just took a look at APRS.fi at Denver within the range of just two 12,000 foot digis and I cannot believe the system works at all. There are hundreds of users in the same footprint of those digis.<br><br></div><div>No wonder the performance is so poor!<br><br></div>Have the digi operators done anything in the area to restrict hops like we did in Los Angles a decade ago? Back then, the solution was to force every digi to be ONE HOP ONLY.<br></div><br></div>Is anyone working on this problem out there?<br><br></div>Bob, WB4APR<br></div>
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