I like your pattern and base time. Of course, one does not want the freq to be a non-stop beacon festival or WWV'ish lol but looks logical.
Implementing is another story. :-)
A couple of months ago I suggested a monthly or every other month Network105 QSO party, but received no feedback. :-(
73
Chris ww2bsa
Prof. Chris Lance
Radio Station Manager
Mount Allamuchy Scout Reservation
ARRL Life Member
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Date: 9/18/23 5:50 AM (GMT-05:00)
Subject: Re: [network105] Net105 Observations
On Sun, Sep 17, 2023 at 08:07 PM, Chris Lance WW2BSA wrote:
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I'm not sure if I am echoing what you are saying and apologize in advance if I am misunderstanding what you are saying: a CW ID isn't necessary on packet because you call is already included in the data. Not even sure why it's there. Never seen it used in packet.
I believe what Burt was saying in regards to "there are no full server BBS to BBS forwarding systems" is because it ties up the frequency. Remember, the purpose of Network105 is real-time, live, keyboard-to-keyboard 300 baud AX.25 packet QSO's. Nodes help promulgate that goal, while mailboxes are a perk.
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There shouldn't be "forwarding" or "sending messages at a timed interval" of any kind on frequency because it ties it up. If you want to forward, add an additional HF port on another frequency or 220 Mhz backbone frequency. It will be more effective anyway.
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My advice on beacons: west of the Mississippi River - beacon on the hour every 30 mins. East of the Mississippi - beacon 10 mins past the hour every 30 mins. Europe - beacon every 20 mins past the hour every 30 mins. Too many collisions that way? Then stagger beacons. How? Note sure...
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Your thoughts on all this
Chris Lance
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On 09/17/2023 7:19 PM EDT Chris, N6CTA <
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I will say though that LID comments are unnecessary and I did want to clarify some things.
We¡¯re all forever learning here.
CWID is identifying via CW instead of packet. That¡¯s not the same as sending traffic with the BEACON or ID designation. Sending a message at a timed interval to all the stations on this network detailing services and maidenhead is the same as calling CQ if the station can and will respond to queries. That is the nature of ACDS and differentiates the traffic from a beacon. That is well within the letter and spirt of both the law and the guidelines of the network.
Sending traffic to PBBS¡¯s is K2K. It does not need to be two live operators at the same time to qualify.?
There really isn¡¯t enough configurability in the software to do what you are suggesting unless it¡¯s done from cron or similar. Are you suggesting people manually send their beacon directed messages?
The first letter of a callsign suffix usually works well for sorting radio amateurs assuming normal distribution.
Doesn¡¯t have to be this but for example¡
Base time = 30 min
West +1
East + 2
EU + 3
West
Alpha-Echo 31
Foxtrot-Juliet 32
Kilo-Oscar 33
Papa-Tango 34
Uniform-Zulu 35
East
Alpha-Echo 32
Foxtrot-Juliet 34
Kilo-Oscar 36
Papa-Tango 38
Uniform-Zulu 40
EU
Alpha-Echo 33
Foxtrot-Juliet 36
Kilo-Oscar 39
Papa-Tango 41?
Uniform-Zulu 44
