[aprssig] Re: APRS help

[Stephen H. Smith]

whiskey7doa at gmail.com wrote:
> Ray McKnight wrote:
>
>> I believe you should change your path to WIDE2-1
>>
>>
>>  
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> OK, Jason said I should use WIDE1-1, WIDE2-2. You say I should use 
> WIDE2-1. In short, what is the difference between the three. What do 
> the numbers signify?
>
>
They determine how many digipeater hops your packets will be 
transmitted, and what kind of digipeaters will be used.   Starting about 
9 months ago, a massive change in recommended path settings started 
being phased in  to reduce the channel congestion on 144.39 due to 
continued growth of APRS activity.  As a result, nearly all print 
recommendations on path settings, such as the Kenwood instruction 
manuals, are now obsolete. 

The history and current settings for APRS path settings are explained in 
detail here:
 
 "APRS 101"  Explanation of APRS Path Selection & Digipeating
  http://webs.lanset.com/wa8lmf/DigiPaths





Stephen H. Smith    wa8lmf (at) aol.com
EchoLink Node:      14400    [Think bottom of the 2M band]
Skype:              wa8lmf
Home Page:          http://wa8lmf.com


Updated APRS Symbol Chart
  http://webs.lanset.com/wa8lmf/miscinfo/APRS_Symbol_Chart.pdf   

New/Updated "Rev G" APRS     http://webs.lanset.com/wa8lmf/aprs
Symbols Set for UI-View,
UIpoint and APRSplus:


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