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ka9scf
Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 34 Location: Lombard
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Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 7:17 am Post subject: WIDE2-2 the new WIDE1-1?
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While mobiling around I found that not everyone supports WIDE1-1. I was referred to this URL: http://www.tapr.org/pipermail/aprssig/2005-January/003253.html by one of the more prominent stations not supporting WIDE1-1. Is this something that's being instituted in Northern IL?
73 de Pat --- KA9SCF. |
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KK9H
Joined: 29 Jun 2004 Posts: 40 Location: Northfield, IL
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Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 10:52 am Post subject:
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Not that I know of.
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ka9vnv Site Admin
Joined: 08 Jun 2004 Posts: 152 Location: Woodstock, IL
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Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 12:14 pm Post subject:
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Reading through Bob's message, it seems that it was a tacit acknowledgment that APRS is no longer a primarily over-the-air system, and everything should be done to limit "clutter" on the air. By extension, this also limits its effectiveness for non-internet-connected stations.
Whether this is good or bad depends upon whether or not you're one of those OTA-only stations...
Implementing it as given would mean that my mobile range is severely curtailed, since I only use "wide2-2", and he wants most digis to treat that as one hop. If this becomes universal, I can see that it would encourage a lot of people to make "wide2-2" just the first hop, tagging something else on the end to get around the "fill-in" digis stealing that second hop. While I haven't tested this, putting a fixed alias of "WIDE2-2" in on a Kantronics TNC should take precedence over defining WIDE as a UIDIGI or UITRACE call sign, meaning even the digis that could handle it "properly" will only allow a single hop.
Many of Bob's ideas "fix" a specific problem that is important to him at that particular moment. Any consequences will be dealt with when and if they affect him... Not by reversing the recommendation and rethinking the solution, but by patching something else on top. I spend my work days dealing with people exactly like him. Signed Jeff Brenton KA9VNV
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n9mxq
Joined: 25 Oct 2004 Posts: 160 Location: Belvidere IL
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Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 12:26 pm Post subject: Re: WIDE2-2 the new WIDE1-1?
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ka9scf wrote: | While mobiling around I found that not everyone supports WIDE1-1. I was referred to this URL: http://www.tapr.org/pipermail/aprssig/2005-January/003253.html by one of the more prominent stations not supporting WIDE1-1. Is this something that's being instituted in Northern IL?
73 de Pat --- KA9SCF. |
This is the first I've heard of this, and I can not find any reason to follow suit.
Our network is working fine, and I see no reason to be changing to suit those "back east" to quote part of Bob's post.
My home and wide digi will continue to support wide1-1. Signed Gene Young N9MXQ
"If you can't say something nice, don't say nuttin at all." -Thumper |
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KK9H
Joined: 29 Jun 2004 Posts: 40 Location: Northfield, IL
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Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 1:15 pm Post subject:
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That link is to something that Bob wrote back in January 2005. That's over 5 years ago. With his "New Paradigm" in place, it may be outdated now.
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ka9scf
Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 34 Location: Lombard
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Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 2:05 pm Post subject: WIDE2-2 the new WIDE1-1?
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Yeah, I was looking through my APRSSIG and that message was before I subscribed to the list. It almost sounds like NSR without actually calling it that.
73 de Pat --- KA9SCF. |
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