[aprssig] CQ Field Day via CQSRVR

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Bob,

Please re-read my entire post.  It is a mute question because #1)
Internet contacts are not allowed for Field Day and #2) you are dreaming
if you think 2000 Field Day sites are going to be trying to make
contacts via APRS using CQSRVR with every station sending a CQ message
every 30 minutes.

I appreciate your concern but it is misplaced.  If CQSRVR becomes an
issue, I can turn it off, extend the limits to every hour, etc.  We'll
cross that bridge if it ever does become a problem.  Until then, let's
just let it do what it was designed to and try not to over-engineer it.

73,

Pete Loveall AE5PL
pete at ae5pl dot net

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Bruninga
> Posted At: Sunday, October 21, 2007 12:10 PM
> Subject: [aprssig] CQ Field Day via CQSRVR
> 
> I don't think so.  Lets take just 10% of that number, say 2000 field
> day sites.  Worst case scenario, is they CQ every 30 minutes.  CQSRVR
> then sends all 2000 of them to all 2000 other user.  So each user in
> each RF area then gets 2000 packets every 30 minutes in his own local
> RF area.  In my mind that is melt down.  Especially if more than one
FD
> site is in the same RF area and Igates are notorius for duplicating
> packets.
> 
> In the central Maryland RF area, I would guess there are 15 active FD
> sites.  Probably served by 5 or so IGates.  So 15 sites, each getting
> 2000 packets duplicated maybe by at least 2 IGates on average would be
> a total of 60,000 extra packets every 30 minutes.