[OZAPRS] HF APRS Paths etc

[Peter - ZL2BAU]

On 14/07/11 08:06, Phillip wrote:
> Good morning
>                             Are we taking some steps back here , If I
> remember correctly back a few years now didn't this group
> suggest that no WIDEn-N be used ..
>
> If you look at the VK3 Link etc
>
> http://vk3.aprs.net.au/aprs_on_hf.htm
>
> http://wa8lmf.net/aprs/HF_APRS_Notes.htm
>
> I believe that the information below has been changed in recent years and
> wasn't generally
> circulated around the greater HF gateways ..
>
> http://www.aprs.net.au/hf/aprs-hf
>
> HF Path Settings
>
> The path of APRS v GATE, WIDE2-1 should get your position to a VHF IGate via
> a HF Gateway.
>
> Although most HF Gateways are connected to the Internet, there are some
> gateways that offer a traditional RF gateway from HF to VHF.
>
> Any HF to VHF Gateway the hears a beacon with GATE in the path will gate
> that beacon to VHF. The path that follows the GATE is the path the beacon
> will take on VHF, and must be adequate for the beacon to reach an IGate.
>
>
> 73 Phillip
> ZL2TZE

Hi,

     It appears to me that the path on TX means very little when it 
comes to HF, VHF etc.

Altho some seem to think it is something special.

Peter