JD, Don't let James put you off. He means well! ;) We just all have our own way of asking for the information that we need to know to help.
Always feel free to ask anything. Answers might not come on the first attempt, but the more details you provide up front the better the chance of that! Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ kd8htg wrote: > hello everyone who replied. im sorry for for my lack of details i was pressed > for time when i sent the first message. the radio in the car is a yaesu > ft2800m. im using a cable from byonics. I have seen a couple of staions that > get tracked all over the pt huron area using the n8ray digi. I will start out > by checking my deviation as someone had suggested and go from there. i dont > use an ssid i just my call KD8HTG. also the antenna is brand new however it > wounds like it would be a good idea to throw a meter on it just in case. Im > sorry if i upset anyone with my question and lack of details. im new what can > i say. i guess i just jumped right in without getting all my information on > the setup and operation as good as i should have. reading only takes me so > far actually doing helps much more for me. anyhow i will read up on setting > the deviation correctly and go from there. > thank you to all > JD > > --- In [email protected], James Ewen <ve6...@...> wrote: > >> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 7:49 PM, kd8htg <kd8...@...> wrote: >> >> >>> All seems to work correct >>> >> Please describe the items that you have checked to confirm that all is >> working properly. If all is working correct, then you should have no >> problems. >> >> >>> however it seems when i get home to check my path on the aprs fi >>> site it only shows me with a very short track not more than a couple miles? >>> >> We can not answer that question, as none of us watched you check your path. >> >> >>> im using smart beaconing could this be why my tracks are so short? >>> >> No. SmartBeaconing does not include an algorithm that would shorten >> the distance that you drive. >> >> >> >>> i travel for work to an area with lots of digis and dont seem to >>> show any track on the aprs fi website? >>> >> We don't know where you work, so can't comment on whether the >> digipeaters in that area show up on the APRS-IS either. >> >> >>> any thought as to what i might change to get a longer track >>> or am i doing something totally wrong? >>> >> I hope you're catching my drift here... please help us help you by >> actually giving some real information. Details man, details! >> >> The first thing that anyone will tell you to do is to check to ensure >> that your station is operating properly. If you have read any of the >> many requests similar to yours, you'll know that the first thing you >> need to check is you deviation. Have you done that? 9 times out of 10, >> those stating that everything is perfect with their setup end up >> correcting a poor deviation setting. If your deviation is wrong, you >> can spend a lifetime fiddling with other things and never fixing your >> station. >> >> There are of course hundreds of other factors that could play into >> your problems. >> >> Your station KD8HTG had only been heard by three digipeaters, and only >> at close range, which would probably support the incorrect deviation >> idea. It could also indicate that you have a bad antenna, or blown PA >> stage in the radio, but you have indicated that "all seems to work >> correct". >> >> There are other issues in your area. N8RAY which is indicating it is >> an i-gate is using a path of WIDE1-1,WIDE2-2 which is ridiculous for a >> digipeater. It is probably delaying packets, as he is running UI-View, >> and not always getting into the internet first, but being digipeated >> and then fed into the internet. >> >> If there's a lot of activity in your area, we don't see it on aprs.fi, >> at least not for 20 or 30 kms around. >> >> I'd start with the usual, and actually check your station to ensure >> that it is working properly. >> >> http://www.febo.com/packet/layer-one/index.html >> >> James >> VE6SRV >> >> PS. I wonder if we could implement an automatic filter that searches >> for "my station works perfect, but" and then automatically reply with >> the link above. >> >> > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > >
