[OZAPRS] HF IGATE UNPROTO PATH?

[Ron Perry]

On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 12:15, Richard Hoskin wrote:
> 
> Hi Ron,
> 
> You will need to use the Path of Gate,Wide if the HF RX Base station is
not
> an IGate. This will gate your transmission from HF to VHF + 1 Digipeater
hop
> to get to the local VHF IGate.

OK.

> 
> If your station is running an IGate which is listening on HF then you
don't
> need to set a path of Gate,Wide as the IGate will pick up all it hears
on HF
> and send it directly to APRS IS.
> 

Exactly. So, for example VK3WRM-4 and VK4DMI-4, should not need to use
the path of GATE, as we have no need to be gated to the internet, or
VHF, by other HF Gateway stations.  

> The problem is you don't know which HF RX Base station will receive your
> transmission.  Is the HF RX Base station an IGate or a Gate without
internet
> access, or a Gate + 1 Digi hop away from the local VHF IGate.
> 

Ok.

> To overcome this unknown it is recommended you use the path of
Gate,Wide.

Agreed (for non Igate Hf stations)

Regards,
Ron
vk3ecv/vk3wrm


> 
> Cheers
> Richard
> VK3JFK
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ozaprs-bounces at marconi.ics.mq.edu.au [mailto:ozaprs-
> > bounces at marconi.ics.mq.edu.au] On Behalf Of Ron Perry
> > Sent: Wednesday, 7 July 2004 11:12 AM
> > To: OZ-APRS
> > Subject: [OZAPRS] HF IGATE UNPROTO PATH?
> > 
> > Hi,
> > I've been thinking about this for a couple of weeks. I did use
APRS,GATE
> > for the VK3WRM-4 Igate unproto path until recently.
> > 
> > Why should HF gateways use GATE in the Unproto Path, as it is already
> > being put onto the internet via VHF or direct locally?.
> > 
> > I now am just using APRS for HF. Am I barking up the right tree?
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Ron
> > vk3ecv/vk3wrm
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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