[Xastir] A good time for APRS at 9600?

[KA7O]

Guy,

I think Bob's(?) comment earlier had more to do with some of the newer 
rigs that included 9K6. But, they weren't good, quality setups and 
included excessively long TXDELAY, as compared to most 9K6 setups. I 
don't remember all the details, as you say - it's been awhile. But there 
was a comment made about the expense of dedicated, 9K6 data radios with 
acceptable performance being a hurdle not widely over-come.

73

On 11/11/2011 09:20 PM, Guy Story wrote:
> This  question comes up every so often.  I use to wonder the same thing years ago.  If memory serves me correctly, and I know this is not verbatim, WB4APR said that given the length of a posit in relation to the transmit time and the txdelay, 9600 does not really pay off.  The txdelay would eat up more time than the actual posit.
>
> I do need to quantify something.  APRS traffic that has any real length to it, say a weather report, messages, or long beacons, would benefit.  A backbone between digipeaters where multiple stations are in a packet would benefit too.
>