Hi Tom,
 
 
> > After reading the WIKI, I have determined that I need to enter these
 > > commands:
 > > 1. alias 1 wide <-- makes it a WIDE1 fill-in
 > > 2. digi on <-- enables the digipeater function
 > >
 > > Leave this alone:
 > > 1. hoplimit <-- maintains n = N (WIDE1-1)
 > >
 > > Have I missed anything?

 > A few misconceptions here...

 > "digi on" turns on digipeating on your callsign only. For alias
digipeating, the command is "usealias 1 on".
 
I will this off then. I don't need to digi my own. At least I don't see a
reason.
 
 > I would expect hoplimit n to limit on n and N for WIDEn-N, but it
seems to only limit on N. This means that with "alias 1 WIDE" and
"hoplimit 1 1", you will be digipeating WIDE3-1, WIDE2-1, and WIDE1-1.
To solve this, use "alias 1 WIDE1" and "hoplimit 1 1". Now you will
only digipeat WIDE1-1 (for alias 1).
 
I did miss:
alias 1 wide1
 
So I know that hoplimit is set:
hoplimit 1 1
 
Additional settings:
usealias 1 <-- forgot to turn it on!
dupetime 30 <-- no ping pong effects wanted
 
 > > Now for an operational question, does the 'high' digi give the station
hops
 > > based on the WIDE2-1 at that point?

 > If the HT is using WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1, and the mobile digipeats the
 > WIDE1-1, yes, the high level digipeater will digipeat the WIDE2-1 hop. 
 
I  thought that was the case. Thanks for verifying!
 
As a recap, these are the changes I will make then to add a fill-in dig to
the tracker:
 
alias 1 wide1
hoplimit 1 1
usealias 1 <-- forgot to turn it on!
dupetime 30 <-- no ping pong effects wanted
digiid 1 on
 
The last command is DIGIID. Since the tracker is set to beacon based on
movement only (SB) I imagine the ID should be inserted.

 > Tom KD7LXL 
 
Thanks!
 
 
Best regards,
Fred 

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