[aprssig] Re: [TinyTrak] TinyTrakII Unporto string?

[Ed L. Locklear, KF4CHG]

Joe Della Barba wrote:

> As I just discovered, all the digis are in the process of being changed 
> over to IGNORE Relay and Wide. On my local digi the only thing that 
> works now is WIDEn-n. I would suggest a path of WIDE3-3. As far as your 
> friends seeing you, can we assume you mean via FINDU and not direct RF?
> 73
> Joe N3HGB
> cc to APRS list in case anyone more knowledgeable than myself wants to 
> jump over to this forum
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Gould" <n1wjo at yahoo.com>
> To: <TinyTrak at yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 7:12 AM
> Subject: Re: [TinyTrak] TinyTrakII Unporto string?
> 
> 
>> Gary,
>>
>> I have been playing with APRS for some time here in Maine and we use 
>> RELAY,WIDE3-3. We do not have really good coverage with enough wides. 
>> That is the reason for the RELAY in the Unproto. I have also made 
>> several trip to Florida from here and that string seems to work just 
>> great. If you know the area that you are traveling you could change 
>> your string to just WIDE and have good coverage. On the west coast 
>> they are starting to use different unproto's and they will sometimes 
>> eliminate the RELAY stations.
>> Everyone seems to have their own idea on how you should set up your 
>> unproto. This recomendation is just what I have used and have not had 
>> anyone complain, yet that is......lol
>> Good luck and maybe will see you there at Dayton.
>>
>> Bob
>> N1WJO-----APRS N1WJO-14
>>
>> kd4vrz <glrandall at comcast.net> wrote:
>> Hello
>> I am new to the group.  I am planning a trip from FL to OH for the
>> Hamvention in Dayton.
>>
>> What string would work best to be seen by friends in FL?  I was
>> thinking WIDE,TRACE
>>
>> Any assistance would be helpfull.  I will only be using a HT for the
>> APRS at 3 watts.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Gary
>> KD4VRZ

Gary,

If you are traveling on I-75 North/South you will need to use a UNPROTO 
path of WIDE1-1,WIDE2-2.  Four of the North Central Florida digipeater's
WM3B-10, W4DFU-10, K8RAG-10, and NF4CQ-10 do not support RELAY, WIDE, or 
TRACE.  These 4 digi's are all "L" digi's with max useage of WIDE3-3. 
So if your coming this way set your path for WIDE1-1,WIDE2-2.  This 
should work for any digi that supports WIDEn-N while mobile to the 
Hamvention in Dayton.

You might want to pass this along to anyone else in area.

Ed, KF4CHG