Sorry the announcement is late this year...
Announcing The 5th Annual (2008) Digitalradio Awards : Best "new" Digital Mode : WSPR by Joe Taylor , K1JT . . Very useful and robust super low power digital mode . Best New Software: FL-Digi with NBEMS , great work from Dave and Skip. The "new" aspect refers to the Windows version. Should be standard for any RACES/ARES op. Windows version was on our wish list for 2008, nice to see it arrive early in the year. Best Logging Software: DX Keeper by Dave AA6YQ, , again ! Many emails received from people again nominating this software. May have some competition from the new logger in Ham Radio Deluxe in 2009 Biggest Surprise Of The Year: 1 . ALE. Yep, I thought it might suffer death in 2008 but users actually increased and some interesting innovations from the folks at HFN. ALE in Multipsk helped a lot. 2. A updated version of MixW, Nick lives! 3. Much needed new touches to MMTTY, thanks to Dave AA6YQ. MMTTY has come a long way from the days when I wrote the first English help file! MMTTY, Winwarbler and FSK RTTY make great "music" together. Digital Innovations Award 2008 : Patrick Lindecker F6CTE and Multipsk, many innovations in 2008 and plenty of unique capabilities. The "serious app" for the digital mode enthusiast. Biggest Disappointments Of The Year : 1. PSK31 Contests: Over driven signals makes such events intolerable. Maybe we have this group to blame since we promoted and organized most of the first PSK contests back when PSK31 was new. 2. The demise of Olivia as a routinely heard digital mode.. 3. WSPR QSO Mode. Not much activity. The Picaso Award: Simon Brown HB9DRV . The addition of SSTV applications to DM780 and Satellite Tracker to Ham Radio Deluxe are works of art. Best Digital Mode Website : KE7HPV's Digital spotting page, now moved to http://www.hamspots.net/30m/ . Well organized , great auto spots system, . Digital Mode Aid - Innovation of the Year : Philip Gladstone's PSK Reporter . Integrated with DM780, this tool is one of the most useful for those days when you wonder if you are getting out! Find it at http://www.hamspots.net/30m/ or within DM780. Experimenter Of The Year : Tony K2MO : Still playing with digital voice and finding time to test path simulations for all common digital modes. Lost in 2008 Cesco HB9TLK , where is this key digital mode developer? Oddest Mode in 2008: MFTTY . Phone freaking back in vogue? Needs Inventing in 2009 : 1. Windows Version of PSKmail 2. New codec for FDMDV 3 Easy to use/build software based automatic over driven signal control . PSK bands are painful to listen to ! Most Anticipated Event in 2009: Release of WINMOR These annual awards are based on suggestions from the over 3000 members of Digitalradio , the world's leading digital mode discussion group (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ ) since 2000. The final awards are determined by Andy K3UK
