I 110% agree with you there. Bonnie (yes, I'm not bashful about calling her out) "controls" ALE as if it were HERS. In my opinion, it's little more than a business for her...not only can you join HF-ALE, but you can also BUY MERCHANDISE.
ALE/141A is great in a military application, but amateurs that are involved in ARES/RACES (like myself) primarily use voice for emergency comms...maybe APRS, too. I would be willing to BET that in the Haiti crisis, not ONE bit of emergency traffic was passed via HF-ALE/HFLINK. If there WAS, I'd be honestly surprised. Let it be known that I operate 99% digital. I use voice on 10 meters. The rest of the time, I let the PC do the talking. And, I am not against experimentation with new modes. What I AM against is a person with control issues, motivated by greed. --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "John Becker, WØJAB" <w0...@...> wrote: > > I and many others will never touch ALE because of > just one woman. > > It at this time has a bad name among many. >
