[Xastir] Change to RELAY digipeat function

[Gerry Creager N5JXS]

I've had some of this discussion with Scott in the past.  Another 
potential player in this space is Pete, AE5PL.  He and  I have talked 
about a DCC gig.  I guess it's time.  Do it first as an ad hoc pizza 
meeting, and the following year, announce to the world?

We could, if real action's going on, consider something like HamComm, 
DCC and Dayton, and announce the following HamComm?

gerry


Dalen Kruse wrote:
> On Sat, 2005-04-09 at 10:27 -0700, Jeff Barlow wrote:
> 
>>Gerry Creager N5JXS <gerry.creager at tamu.edu>  wrote:
>>
>>
>>>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!
>>
>>I guess I'm not sure just who you're thinking of, but it seems to
>>me like it would just degrade into a shouting match pretty
>>quickly. As soon as someone spoke the truth: 'APRS is broken',
>>those with fragile egos would go into defensive mode and it's all
>>downhill from there.
>>
>>I'm an old retired networking guy. I worked on boxes that sat on
>>ARPAnet. I probably have a better handle on this stuff than most.
>>It's clear to me that Bob has some pretty twisted ideas about
>>networking. While ignorance is no sin, the combination of
>>ignorance and an unwillingness to admit mistakes is rather
>>intractable.
>>
>>I think what's needed here is something like the response of the
>>free software folks to Microsoft et all. You just turn your back
>>on them and start over in a new direction.
>>
> 
> 
> Scott Miller (N1VG) has been developing the OpenTRAC protocol.  While
> it's still a work in progress, this may be what we could concentrate on.
> I know there's some people on this list who frequent the OpenTracker
> Yahoo group, so some are familiar.  Scott just mentioned on that group
> recently that he's "specifically avoided the subject of network
> routing."  He's hoping someone with more experience in this will help
> him out on it.  I'm not sure if Scott subscribes to this list.  Anyway,
> check out www.opentrac.org for the protocol and www.n1vg.net/opentracker
> for the hardware he's building that supports the OpenTRAC protocol (and
> APRS).
> 
> 
> 
>>Alas, my sense of things is that many hams tend to be
>>traditionalists who resist change. 
> 
> 
> Yet you hear all too often hams complaining about how the hobby is
> dying.
>