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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/14/2022 12:55 PM, Andrew Pavlin
via aprssig wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">You can't practically run
both protocols on the same RF channel because it wastes
channel bandwidth on signals some (single-protocol) stations
can't understand. We have enough problems with collisions and
hidden transmitters without making it worse with doubled
transmissions from the same stations. Plus, there are some
digipeaters that can't handle two AX.25 frames back-to-back
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I disagree. The added on-air time isn't nearly as bad as a doubling
since the modem is already locked and everything. Yes, some
digipeaters might not handle it, but you can put the OpenTRAC packet
second if that's not your primary protocol and you'll only lose the
less important one, and you can work on modernizing the network as
you go.<br>
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Scott<br>
N1VG<br>
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