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!"
>>
>>     

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