[OZAPRS] European v US new paradigm

[Robert Bruninga]

> digis will accept only paths set to the following;
> 
> RELAY,WIDE
> RELAY,WIDE2-2
> WIDE1-1,WIDE2-2
> 
> Using the EU version of the new paradigm will mean 
> that 90% of stations will not have to do anything to 
> their Tracker and Home station settings. This
> will save a lot of confusion for Operators. 

A very minor point to followup on that...

Since one of the purposes of the New-N paradigm was to eliminate
confusion, retaining RELAY and WIDE and WIDEn-N seems like it
retains the "confusion" for 90% of the users since they "don't
have to change" and does nothing to get users simplified up to
the new simplified approach.

I fully understand a desire to be backwards compatible to
existing users that use WIDE by iteself, but then if you
continue to support it, then they will continue to use it and so
your docs, your network, and your future system will also still
use it.  So the flip side is to just go cold turkey and make the
change and then let the WIDE users also change.  And if you are
making these changes and getting everyone ton consider the
future, why not drop RELAY too so that if someone does want to
use a KPC-3 TNC down there, that it wont cause the RELAY dupe
problem.

But again, please dissregard this kibitzing from afar, since
your network is smaller and more limited.  But the above was
some of the discussion we had back here in the USA when we all
decided to go with the New-N system...

Good luck!
Bob, WB4APR



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