--- In [email protected], Tom Hayward <t...@...> wrote: > > > Â >Â "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. > > The reasoning here is standards. All of the digipeaters I'm familiar > with respond to their own call. For instance, I can use a path of > BALDI to go specifically through the digipeater BALDI, instead of > using WIDE2-1 which every digipeater in the area would respond to. > digi on is useful if someone wants to send a packet with a specific > path. If someone can hear your mobile, they may want to see if you are > in range by changing their path to the callsign of your mobile. If > they get digipeated, they know they are within simplex range of your > mobile. > > In short, people expect a digipeater to respond to its own callsign, > so it's good to leave this feature turned on.
Very good! I will turn it on then. It is good to see how others use the system. > > > The last command is DIGIID. Since the tracker is set to beacon based on > > movement only (SB) I imagine the ID should be inserted. > > For 144.39, DIGIID should always be on. This allows for traceability > of the packet. > > If you are doing a special event, and using paths like SAR7-7, it may > be useful to turn off DIGIID to keep the packets short (with DIGIID > on, you'd get all seven digipeaters listed in the packet--that's a > long packet!). I have it on. I was thinking along the same idea. I made the changes and took the D7 for a ride around town. It is surprising it reached the home fill-in from down between the seats and on low power. However, as far as I can tell, it wasn't repeated. I don't think I have the right settings quite yet. Calls are N7FMH-7 (HT) and -9 (mobile). Maybe there is a clue? Which brings up another question, what happens if the HT hits one fill-in and makes it to another fill-in? I would expect it to get repeated and have both fill-in IDs listed? Thanks! Best regards, Fred
