That is probably it! That makes sense. They call here and the local Gateway now "knows" where they came from until the next update. As long as they keep talking, direct routes work.
-- Nate Duehr Sent from my iPhone On Apr 9, 2009, at 14:56, Pierre Thibaudeau <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Today, 19:55 -0000, john_ke5c wrote: > > > You are both correct - it depends on when you look at the database. > > Good point John, > > It reminds me of a feature that was included in some update on G2 that > results in an immediate update of the gateway's local database when > hearing a call from an outside station. > > This feature is interesting as it compensate for the lack of > responsiveness of the database update process so to make roaming a > little > easier. I have used it many times with "local" stations and it should > indeed work with any callsign that's registered with USROOT. > > If a japanese call sign (registered with USROOT) calls us, our gateway > will update it's local database with the actual gateway/repeater the > call > is originating from. The only difference between these guys and us > is that > their gateway does not update USROOT. As a result, their info is > lost on > subsequent update of our local database by USROOT. So although one > can not > route by callsign as a general rule, OneTouchReply should indeed work. > > Eager to hear a RF call from Japan. > > Thanks John. > > P.S. If I'm correct, Japanese gateways are not running G2, so the > reverse > is not possible; they can not OneTouchReply on us calling their > systems. > > '73 - Pierre > __ > > Pierre Thibaudeau > VA2RKA/VA2RKB/VE2RIO/VE2RVR/VE2RQF/VE2RTO/VE2LKL/VE2TXD sysadmin > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
