Hi,
Thanks for the responses from a few of you regarding my APRS question. I did a little more studying this afternoon, and I found out that if I am the first digi in the "chain" to repeat someone's packet, my call appears in their bubble and raw packets - BUT - if I am number 1 or 2 along the path, my call does not make it to the internet. I would assume this is because when I am the first digi to digipeat someone, it *generally* has 2 more hops to go (hence a better chance to get on the internet), but if I am number 2 or 3 in the chain, it only has 1 hop left - max, therefore not a big chance to make it to a gateway - is this a correct assumption of what is going on?
Zack KD8KSN
-----Original Message----- From: Gordon JC Pearce Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2011 10:58 AM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: APRS Digi Question
On Sat, 2011-02-05 at 10:30 -0500, Zachary Beougher wrote:
and “info bubble,” I am nowhere in the chain of digis that digipeated him. I have tried this with several different stations, and not once have a seen myself come up in anyone’s raw packets as a station that digipeated them.
You haven't digipeated them *on the way to the igate*...
Gordon MM0YEQ
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