[OZAPRS] next APRS- UI digi question (1)

[Andrew Rich]

What annoys me is you can't force a path

Via A,B,C

Unless it is setup correct

I have been trying to get to my mate in a particular path

Andrew

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> On 31 Oct 2017, at 6:13 pm, Glen English VK1XX <glenlist at pacificmedia.com.au> wrote:
> 
> Hi Josh
> 
> thanks. yeah lots of what I read is workarounds to deal with old TNC on
> mountains.
> 
> So with our canberra / ACT infrastructure, with have right now VK1RBM-1,
> it's an old TNC . I dont know how it is configured, precisely.
> 
> It has pretty good canberra metro coverage, right slap bang in the
> middle of town.
> 
> Then, a MACRO over all that is Mt Ginini, which the voice repeater on
> the site has a reliable 100km range, 200km to average base stations....
> (RHR is about 200km). it is REALLY wide.
> coverage over canberra metro is pretty reasonable also, but it is 50km
> from town.
> 
> Ginini I was told had rather outdated setups, from the 90s. As you know,
> a new dire wolf box and radio is ready to go, takes a bit of
> organisation to get to Ginini. 85km , weather etc
> 
> My question is how should I configure this up, IE specifically the UI
> DWAIT time- I think that's the parameter (or the Kantronics name for it)
> , IE do I want to have a long delay after it hears something to whether
> it decides to repeat it ? IE so the local RBM in metro canberra does the
> bulk of the UI work . But if say a 2 seconds goes past , ginini says,
> OK, no one local heard it, I will digipeat it
> 
> or is that sort of operation problematic ?
> 
> Or should locals have a specific configuration ?
> 
> ginini is often used for connected mode traffic from east (on the coast)
> to west of the country (say wagga, albury) . but it does its share of
> Hume Highway APRS work .
> 
> have more questions about this, but this is part 1.
> 
> wisdom sought.
> 
> with thanks,
> 
> glen
> 
> 
> 
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