Setting up TMD-710 as a digipeater

[M6GOM]

Hi. I'm quite new to APRS and could do with a bit of help setting my Kenwood TMD-710 as a digipeater. I need to do it so that when it digipeats, it enters my station call in the path. I also need it to digipeat a station that has already been digipeated if possible as a friend and I in a remote area are trying to work out coverage and paths and he can get digipeated from another station sometimes. So far I think I've got it figured out mostly apart from a couple of entries.

I have menu 616: Digipeat (My Call) set to ON.
I have UIDIGI set to ON and the Alias to WIDE1-1
UITRACE. This is where I need help. Do I need it on and what alias do I want to be using? The Kenwood manual says to use WIDE_4 but websites say to use WIDE.

[M6GOM]

Not to worry, I've worked it out. I tried setting it to WIDE and its doing what it is supposed to.

[W5LZ]

'GOM',
If it's doing what you want it to do as you have it, leave it alone.  But, later, you might try 'WIDE2-1' just for grins.  See what the difference is, if it appears to be beneficial.  If so, then good.  If not, then change it back.
 - 'Doc

[M6GOM]

If I've read the manual correctly, putting WIDE in should do 1-1 and 2-1. What difference does 2-1 make or should it make?

[W5LZ]

Very basically, it will produce one more 'hop' for a digipeated signal.  No idea if that would be of any benefit in your situation, so that's why I said to "try it and see".
 - Paul