Kip AE5IB wrote...
I want my UI-View to be a fill-in digi
so it should only digi a WIDE1-1
Close UI-View and edit the uiview32.ini file in the UI-View installation folder with a text editor. Look for the [DIGI_OPTIONS] section. Change it as follows, assuming you are in Texas.
[DIGI_OPTIONS]
DIGI_ENABLED=TRUE
UI_ONLY=TRUE
ALIAS_SUBSTITUTION=TRUE
DUPE_SUPPESS_SECONDS=30
ALIAS=AE5IB,WIDE1-1
UIFLOOD=TX
UITRACE=WIDE
WIDEN-N=TRUE
TRACEN-N=FALSE
SUBST_ALIAS=VE7GDH
EXCLUDED=""
The above will digipeat on your call sign and WIDE1-1. It will also respond to TXn-N for "state flooding". If you ever had a need to respond to WIDEn-N, you would just have to enable WIDEn-N (assuming you made the changes as above) and remove the WIDE1-1 alias. It also will do alias substitution.
I want it to i-gate everything it hears.
Go into the APRS SERVER SETUP. Select a suitable server... e.g. noam.aprs.net:14580. Make sure APRS SERVER LOG ON REQUIRED is enabled. Enter your APRS validation number. Enable aujto connect. Enter whatever filter you want if you want he server to send anything back to you... e..g filter m/250 if you wanted to get everything within 250 km of your location. Enable OPEN THE GATEWAY, GATE OBJECTS, INSERT STATION CALLSIGN, GATE LOCAL MESSAGES, and TRANSMIT IGATE STATUS. Set MAX SILENCE to 1 minute. It will gate everything that it hears, and it will gate messages to local stations... ones that it has heard.
When it transmits its position every 30
minutes, I want it to transmit WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1
Every 30 minutes will lessen the load on the RF frequency, but setting at 10 minutes would increase the changes of stations coming into your area of knowing you were there. Do NOT use a path of WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1. Fixed stations should not use a path of WIDE1-1. Consider if you really need a two hop path. If you do, use WIDE2-2. You might find that a one hop WIDE2-1 is more than enough, but it really depends on the geography around you and how many digipeaters there are and how well they are placed. Of course, if there aren't any fill-in digis around you, using WIDE1-1 isn't really going to do any harm. However, if you were in a populated area with a number of fill-in digis around you, you could be triggering all of them and increasing the load on the local RF network. Consider a one hop path, but use a two hop if you must. Don't use WIDE1-1 if you are fixed station, or if you are flying.
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73 Keith VE7GDH
"I may be lost, but I know exactly where I am!"
