[OZAPRS] VK3 IGate / Zone system.

[Robert Bruninga]

> I don't think there is a need for home stations to [use]
> ZONEn-N, unless they were  being heard by 2 RX Igates, 
> and wanted a choice.

Normally a home station might use WIDE2-2 and cover out 2 digis
in all directions.  If he lived in the middle of a ZONE and it
took 3 hops to hit all in the ZONE for a special ZONE exercise
of ZONE communications requirement, then WIDE3-3 and ZONE3-3
would do the same thing.   But if the home station lived on the
edge of the ZONE, he woud still use WIDE2-2 normally just so
that he is in communications with his surrounding local area.
But if it took 5 hops from his corner of the ZONE to hit other
statoins in the opposite corner of his ZONE then, he would not
want to use WIDE5-5 just to communicate during that event.

He would use ZONE5-5 so that all in the special ZONE net could
hear him, but his packets did NOT flood 4 or 5 hops into
adjacent zones.

Bob

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