Paths

Revision as of 00:00, 16 August 2007

Stub for digipeater paths - need information on recommended settings for all regions, and new paradigm information.

Recommended Path Settings for MOBILEs in North America, at least (VHF)

- WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1 :Two hops in all directions and potential for fill-in digis. Best path for mobile use in most all areas. - WIDE1-1,WIDE2-2 :Three hops and potential for fill-in digis. Use only while needed if far from any mountain digis or cities.

Recommended Path Settings for FIXED stations in North America, at least (VHF)

- WIDE2-2  :Two hops, recommended max courteous routine for most areas. Best routine from home in most areas. - WIDE3-3  :Three hops, only for very sparse areas far from any mountain digis or cities. Limited to one hop by many digis.

For details and explanation, visit Bob WB4APR's NEWn-N Paradigm web page, also available as the "fix14439" site.

Recommended path settings for HF operation, max routine

- GATE, WIDE2-1: Recommended for HF APRS, **DO NOT USE** on VHF.

You can see a bad example of path overkill here.

You can see a really detailed discussion of paths and hop counts at http://webs.lanset.com/wa8lmf/DigiPaths/ .

Recommended //Mobile// Path Settings for Australia (VK)

For VK2, VK4, & VK6 use RELAY,WIDE2-2 For VK1, VK3 & VK5 use WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1 For VK7 use WIDE1-1,WIDE2-2 TASn-n also supported.

On HF use GATE, WIDE2-1 **DO NOT USE** on VHF. On APRS Satellites use ARISS,SGATE,WIDE

Visit the appropreate state's web page at the Australian APRS site for further details.

Recommended Path Settings for Ireland (EI)

- WIDE1-1, WIDE2-1 for Mobile Stations. Two hops with support for Fill-in digis - WIDE2-2 for Base Stations. Two hops no support for Fill-in Digis. Packets should make it to an Igate.

If you want to discuss/or disagree with the settings/want to try something else, Please contact either EI7IG or EI8JA.

Recommended Path Settings for UK/EU

- Mobiles -> RELAY,TRACE2-2 <- (Kenwood Style) - Home Stations -> APRS,TRACE3-3 <- (UI-View Style) - IGATE's -> APRS,TRACE1-1 <- (UI-View Style)

http://www.apritch.myby.co.uk/uiview_neweu.htm

Recommended path settings for New Zealand (ZL)

- Mobiles: WIDE1-1,WIDE2-2 - Home stations: WIDE3-3

Recommended path settings for Norway

- Mobiles: WIDE1-1,WIDE2-2 - Home stations: WIDE3-3

http://tf8bk.famutne.net/aprs_tech.html#unproto

Recommended path settings for Poland

- Mobiles: WIDE1-1,WIDE2-2 - Home stations: WIDE3-3

http://www.aprs.pl/europe.htm

Recommended path settings for Luxembourg

- Mobiles: WIDE1-1,WIDE2-2 - Home stations: WIDE4-4

http://www.rlx.lu/lx_aprs.htm

Recommended path settings for Germany

- Mobiles: WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1 - Home stations: WIDE2-2

http://www.aprs-dl.de/index.php?Umstellung_NEWn-N:NEWn-N-Paradigm