[aprssig] Digi handling of WIDEn-N packets

[Stephen H. Smith]

pagreen at gmail.com wrote:

>Hi All,
>
>  I noticed that I when I stopped using Xastir as a digi and let
>Digi_ned do it that the WIDE1-1 packets are call substituted AND
>WIDE1* added whereas before the call was substituted only with no
>WIDE1.  I want to know if there something special on why the UIDIGI
>and DIGI_NED flavors and possibly the stand alone KPC3's use the path
>of digicall,wide1* to complete the digipeat.  It makes the packet
>longer if I can omit it.  Is this a part of the UIFLOOD spec?
>
>73 de Pat --- KA9SCF.
>  
>
This is what WIDEn-N is supposed to do -- the first digi to process the 
N-n sequence is supposed to insert it's own call AS WELL AS decrementing 
the n-N.  No further digis farther down the n-N chain should do this.  
The intent is to allow users several hops away to know the general 
location that the packet originated from.  [ Obviously a position packet 
would already have this info, but a status or telemetry packet might not. ]



Stephen H. Smith    wa8lmf (at) aol.com
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