[Xastir] Change to RELAY digipeat function

[Gerry Creager N5JXS]

If I thought we could get the top 5-6 folks in APRS with intersections 
in RF and networking in the same room, uninterrupted, for 2 days, I 
think we'd have a plan of action and assignments!

gerry

James Ewen wrote:
>> I fired that off without thinking soundly.  James, those comments 
>> aren't pointed at you.
> 
> 
> No worries... If you post something like "You, James, are a total 
> bonehead!" I might start to wonder if you are taking a poke at me...
> 
>>  I've given up on most of those discussions on the sig... they're not 
>> quite to my filter but are close.  Most of the proponents don't really 
>> understand CSMA-CD *or* ALOHA but have selected a snippet here and 
>> there as gospel and try to use a little algebra to extend their 
>> positions on how to improve channel capabilities.  The concept of 
>> redesigning an RF network to accommodate most of the issues, and to 
>> get rid of source-routing, is ignored.
> 
> 
> I agree, I see a lot of that happening. I admit that I look at some 
> things, and come up with a solution that looks perfect. You then tell 
> someone else, and they point out the gaping hole in your theory. The 
> national APRS sig is a good place to bounce theories and concepts 
> around, because there are a number of people that really understand how 
> things work in the APRS world. It's also a bad place, because there are 
> also a lot of people that have no clue, who make a bunch of noise. 
> Sometimes the noise covers up the good ideas.
> 
> If you could get the top 2 dozen people on the APRS sig together for 
> about a week, you could probably come up with some really good ideas. If 
> you could get some of the hardware manufacturers to allow people to 
> write their own code, we could have some pretty amazing new firmware to 
> make the most of our network too.
> 
> James
> VE6SRV
> 
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