[OZAPRS] PATH CHANGE IN SYDNEY REGION

[Andrew McDade]

Hi Geoff,

I'm curious to know why you are disabling WIDEn-n and TRACEn-n. Do you
have a big problem with people running huge paths over there ? Doing this
is certainly non compliant with the NewN-N paradigm. 

I think people generally need to think carefully before putting excessive
restrictions on paths at the digipeters. The effectiveness of      "across
local network" messaging, telem, posits is severely compromised and could
lead to major issues at times when aprs is used for emergency / tactical /
community support types of communication in a portable environments etc.
Obviously where there are problems due to people ignoring requests to
alter there paths appropriately then perhaps tightening the digipeters
path settings could be appropriate. Just be mindful of possible
ramifications.   

Regards .. Andrew .. VK5EX


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Geoff" <geoff at gatwards.org>
To: "'VK / ZL APRS Users'" <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 10:05 PM
Subject: [OZAPRS] PATH CHANGE IN SYDNEY REGION


> Hi everyone,
> 
> The new digipeater firmware for the SYDNEY region will be rolling out in
the
> next week.    After this upgrade, the RELAY, WIDE and TRACE aliases will
no
> longer work (we will restore temporary use of RELAY once the upgrade is
> done, but this will be removed permanently in the new year)
> 
> If you are in Sydney and access any of the  VK2RAG-1, VK2JPJ-1 or
VK2AMW-1
> digipeaters, please ensure your path is set to   WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1
> 
> WIDEn-n  will not work any more, and neither will TRACEn-n 
> 
> If you know any stations that will be affected by this (especially
mobiles)
> who may not be on this list, please advise them of the changes.
> 
> Thanks,
> Geoff  VK2XJG
> 
> 
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