John, the outrage over Pactor is not about Pactor, but about unattended, automatic transmissions on HF that routinely, and unnecessarily, disrupt all other communications on the frequency. It has nothing to do with the Pactor mode itself.
NBEMS will often make final delivery of emergency messages over the radio by Internet email, but NEVER automatically. On page 80, third paragraph, it says, "NBEMS requires human beings at *both* ends of the path - there are *no* automated or semiautomated operations. Given its narrow bandwidth and the ability of operators to easily detect other signals and *avoid* causing interference, NBEMS is well suited for HF use." NBEMS is also sometimes email over ham radio as well as just text messages to be delivered by phone or SMS, but it is *not* a gateway to the Internet. There is *no* automated access to the Internet. There are *no* NBEMS stations that will automatically transmit at the command of a remote operator who cannot check for other activity local to the station. Every transmission, and every handling of an emergency message, has to be done be a licensed ham operator, physically present at the station controls, who may chose either to use the Internet to forward the message or deliver it by any other means. 73, Skip KH6TY NBEMS Development Team ----- Original Message ----- From: ""John Becker, WØJAB"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <digitalradio@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 9:26 PM Subject: [digitalradio] April QST page 35 > That screen shot sure looks like email over ham radio to me. > In fact the traffic looks just like what I see on the pactor systems. > > I'm waiting for the outrage that some had about the pactor so call > email systems.
