Sure it would but what are you going to do away from the big cities? I live in a rural area VHF UHF other then satellite is useless. I have one portable radio this is used for Emergency Medical Services for a 3 county area as a EMT. You got to remember that "painfully slow HF link" may be the *only* link that we have that is working.
John, W0JAB At 03:15 PM 12/26/2007, you wrote: >I see the point about document transfer, but wouldn't higher speed modes >at higher frequencies be more efficient? For situations where >infrastructure is in place, wouldn't a well planned DSTAR network be >much more efficient? 100 kbps from a portable radio located almost >anywhere would seem to be a much more powerful tool than a painfully >slow HF link.
