kc2eus wrote: > Sorry for the double post last time. I did not think the first had gone > through. > Ok I've got it now. If I set it to a fill-in with WIDE 1-1 I think I should > be good. > I was worried I was going to cause an issue with "spamming" the network. This > was where the concern was coming from. > Also if I leave it at WIDE 1-1 I don't have to mess around changing the > default settings in the VX8 everytime I use this setup. > > Buit if you leave the T2 set up as a WIDE1, you will definitely be "spamming" the network as you drive it around town. It will be a WIDE1-1 digi full time repeating every WIDE1-1 packet that it hears. Not recommended configuration.
Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Watching this closely as I'd like to use my T2-135 as a local digi for my MT-300 on a bicycle! > Thanks for the info, i think I was trying to make it more complex than it was > ! > > Andrew > > --- In [email protected], "Keith VE7GDH" <ve7...@...> wrote: > >> Andrew K1YMI / KC2EUS / GM1YMI wrote... >> >> >>> This begs another question. If I enable as WIDE 2-1 or WIDE 1-1 >>> then it'll digi everything it hears, as long as they fit the WIDE n-N >>> criteria. >>> >> If you enable it for WIDEn-N up to two hops, it would respond to anyone >> using a path of WIDE2-2 or WIDE2-1 or WIDE1-1. If it was set up as a >> fill-in digi only, it would only respond to WIDE1-1. >> >> >>> Or is there a way to only digi my packets .. is this where the >>> checkbox "digi on my call" comes into play ? >>> >> The "digi on my call" (the call in the T2) is one option. Another would >> be to pick a non-standard alias for ALIAS 1 <alias> like... >> >> ALIAS 1 MEONLY >> >> and set a path of MEONLY in the VX-8R, or MEONLY,WIDE2-1 if you >> hope another digi to pick you up after it goes through the T2. Of >> course, if someone sees you being digi'd by MEONLY, there would be >> nothing to stop them from using the path too. >> >> Yet another option... use a path of WIDE2-2,TEMP and enable TEMP as one >> of the aliases in the T2 and turn PREEMPT ON for that alias. You would >> get at least one hop from the T2 if it hears you. If it doesn't, there's >> a chance you will be digi'd by any WIDEn-N digi that hears you. >> >> 73 es cul - Keith VE7GDH >> -- >> "I may be lost, but I know exactly where I am!" >> >>
