[aprssig] D700 UHF APRS DIGI

[wa7nwp at jnos.org]

>
> If most users are D700 users, or you're using a D700 for a digi,
> you're losing 4800 bits of data bandwidth every time one of them
> transmits due to the obscene TX Delay on those units.  4800 bits is
> quite a bit of APRS...  :(

Only if you're running in APRS mode.  In "TNC" mode the TXD is adjustable.
 You also get KPC3+ or better digipeater controls in TNC mode.  In "APRS"
mode you only have 4 simple aliases for digipeating.

This one little D700 on a hilltop has sure opened up the 9600 baud network
in the Puget Sound region.

We still have yet to test what happens if a nice long, 250+ bytes, packet
is thrown at it.

Bill - WA7NWP