--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "Dave AA6YQ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We've been through this too many times, Demetre. I know you "get it", you > just won't admit it. > > The core issue is not that WinLink conveys email or uses a digital mode > protocol that's wide or narrow -- its that its unattended stations (PMBOs) > transmit without first listening to ensure that the frequency is locally > clear. The fact that some human operators do this is regrettable and should > be aggressively discouraged, but is no excuse for building automated systems > that exhibit the same unacceptable behavior. To refer back to your highway > analogy, the fact that some people drive cars while they are intoxicated and > occasionally injure or kill others is no excuse for building a high-speed > computer-controlled vehicle incapable of detecting pedestrians in its path. > > 73, > > Dave, AA6YQ
OK Dave, You must admit that the problem you have is not Winlink, but any form of networking on HF. But you should not forgot that Ham Radio is a diverse hobby and everyone has the right to have a go with the modes they like. Otherwise everything must be banned except QSOs. Some people like e-mail on HF, some like chewing the rag to death, some like contests, some like exchanging pictures or faxes etc. We should all get along and be tolerant otherwise there is no hobby. And in 99% of the countries of this world the administrations do not give a damn about band segments and all this stuff. The subbands are really gentlements agreement! (no offence to gentledames of course who I admire). FCC only rules USA. Don't forget the rest of the world. The rest of the world has more radio hams than USA. Merry Christmas!!! 73 de Demetre SV1UY
