[OZAPRS] HF beacons

David and Justine Olsen davejust at bigpond.net.au
Thu Jan 28 22:47:41 EST 2010


Brian

I am using  APRS v GATE, WIDE2-1

David
VK4MDX-4



On 28 Jan 2010, at 21:43, Brian Beamish wrote:

> Hi
>
> I have been using the recommended, see below, parameters on HF for  
> some years now but today was advised that perhaps I now may have it  
> wrong do I?
>
> HF Digi Path
> The path of "APRS v GATE, WIDE" should get your position to a VHF  
> IGate via an HF gateway
>
>  I have been advised that I should perhaps be using the following:
>
> "Might I humbly suggest changing your path from GATE,WIDE to  
> GATE,WIDE2-1 as all VHF digis are now New Paradigm and ignore WIDE  
> but will give WIDE2-1 a single hop to an IGate hopefully"
>
> I may be confused with the above advice as I am gating from HF via  
> a Gate to VHF or the Net certainly not the other way around.
>
> Personally 90% of my monitoring these days is on the net.
>
> For info I use VK4BBS-15 on HF and VK4BBS-9 on VHF if you happen to  
> spot me around
>
> VK4BBS-10 on the net
>
> VK4BBS on HF from the home station.
>
> Would like to hear from other HF operators as to what they are  
> using on HF.
>
> 73 Brian VK4BBS
>
>
>
>
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