[OZAPRS] European v US new paradigm and path limiting

[vk7arn]

OK.  I'll throw in my two bobsworth.  As a relative newcomer, still
groping my
way around, trying very hard to do the right thing, I am finding it very
confusing.  I rely greatly on the net for guidance.  David's point on
universal
settings is a good one.  The contradictions won't disappear overnight, but
hopefully they will slowly diminish.

Roger VK7ARN


-----Original Message-----
From: ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au [mailto:ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au] On
Behalf
Of David and Ann Fraser
Sent: Monday, 30 October 2006 15:03
To: ozaprs at aprs.net.au
Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] European v US new paradigm and path limiting


Hi Ben and others,

> Its a pity that we have to change things that really are not broken, 
> just because a few people cant get it right or wont listen.

> This might seem a strange question, but why do we have to change? The 
> US and EU have a far larger population of Hams than we will ever dream 
> of in our life time.

> Ben Lindner
> VK5JFK

Actually, I believe that your second paragraph answer your first
paragraph. A
very big reason that I see for us to change is that almost all APRS
software,
hardware and websites originate in either the US or Europe, and they will
all be
saying "Use these settings". Anyone setting up equipment for the first
time is
going to be really confused, we've seen it here in New Zealand recently.

The new paradigm also enables the popular KPC3+ TNCs to be 100% successful
as
APRS digipeaters instead of suffering from lack of duplicate suppression
when
either plain RELAY or WIDE are used.

Locally, we have some home stations using RELAY as their first digi hop
setting
because (I think) paths seem to be such a confusing issue for many users.
A
standard WIDE1-1,WIDEn-N for trackers and WIDEn-N for home stations would
be so
simple, and the tracing of paths will help network analysis and
monitoring.

73 David ZL3AI.

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David's website http://www.geocities.com/zl3ai
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