[aprssig] Time to UPGRADE obsolete DIGIS!

[Cap Pennell]

I think it could be more than that, Bob.  My additional guesses added below.
Most of these (like Kenwood APRS radios) can be setup as modern fill-in
digis, at least for that period of useful service to our (limited) VHF
network, generally not while mobile.  But useful modern digis are
"traceable" with "callsign substitution" too, and the old TAPR-2 clone TNCs
(MFJ,PacComm) can't do this modern APRS digipeating without the replacement
(UIDIGI freeware) EPROM.  Sadly, KPC-3 TNCs earlier than v8.2 (like v5,v6)
and older AEA TNCs can't do it either.
73, Cap KE6AFE

>    APU25N    13351 UI-View32  (can be digipeaters too)
>    APRS       1860 possibly old digis
>    APNU19      918 UIDIGI v1.93 digis
>    APJI23      556 javAPRSSrvr (can digi)
>    APN382      421 KPC-3 v8.2 digis
>    BEACON      399 tncs, abandoned; local initiative
>    APOT02      391 OpenTracker (2 can digi)
>    APOT2A      331 OpenTracker T2-135 (can digi)
>    APS228      328 APRS+SA v2.28 (can digi)
>    APN383      320 KPC-3 v8.3 digis
>    APN391      281 KPC-3 v9.1 digis
>    APZ186      177 UIDIGI v1.86b digis

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: aprssig-bounces at lists.tapr.org
> [mailto:aprssig-bounces at lists.tapr.org]On Behalf Of Robert Bruninga
> Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 05:50 AM
> To: 'TAPR APRS Mailing List'
> Subject: [aprssig] Time to UPGRADE obsolete DIGIS!
>
>
> > >    APRS       1860 possibly old digis
> > >    APNU19      918 UIDIGI v1.93 digis
> > >    APN382      421 KPC-3 v8.2 digis
> > >    BEACON      399 tncs, abandoned; local initiative
> > >    APN383      320 KPC-3 v8.3 digis
> > >    APN391      281 KPC-3 v9.1 digis
>
> Now that's an eye opener!  Assuming 1600 of those "APRS" are old
> obsolete digis.  This totals to about 4000 stand-alone digis.
> Of that:
>
> 40% are obsolete RELAY, WIDE TRACE digis
> 25% are KPC3's
> 23% are UIDIGI ROMS
> 10% are unknown TNCs probably telemetry, WX, etc
>
> We have got to get those old obsolete QRM generating low
> efficiency digis upgraded.  Since any old TAPR-2 clone TNC can
> run the UIDIGI ROM, the way is clear.  My congratulations and
> hardy thanks go out to those ROM programmers that are burning
> those ROMS for the UIDIGI upgrade to old TNC's.  The latest
> recommendations are on Tim's web page:
>
> http://www.qsl.net/n8deu/uidigi_eprom_settings.htm
>
> We need to review those carefully and make sure they are doing
> the New-N paradigm -AND- show how to include the locally
> recommended VOICE frequency object packet in accordance with:
> http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/localinfo.html
>
> Everyone else, if you can find old 27256 EPROMS (I think) save
> them to backup the dwindling supply of these old EPROMS.
>
> Bob, WB4APR