[digitalradio] Re: ALE digital activity

2009-03-07 Thread Christian Crayton
Two areas where there is a need for digital comms: 1) Satellite / deep space 2) Boat owners far away without internet (let's ditch PACTOR please) Hello, Simon! I would add people with antenna and power restrictions such as myself in the categories of needing digital modes. I have dipole

Re: [digitalradio] Re: ALE digital activity

2009-03-07 Thread Simon (HB9DRV)
- Original Message - From: Christian Crayton n5...@yahoo.com 1) Satellite / deep space 2) Boat owners far away without internet (let's ditch PACTOR please) Hello, Simon! I would add people with antenna and power restrictions such as myself in the categories of needing digital

Re: [digitalradio] Re: ALE digital activity

2009-03-05 Thread Rick W
Good points, Dave, Considering that RTTY, the oldest digital mode (not counting morse code which goes back to spark), is still one of the most common modes, and PSK31 is the most common of the newer modes, it appears that there is only a small interest in any new digital technology. When I

Re: [digitalradio] Re: ALE digital activity

2009-03-05 Thread kh6ty
Rick and Dave, NBEMS was created and submitted at the eleventh hour as a reply to Rinaldo's search for an HF protocol, but instead as a VHF system, mainly for emcomm. We afterwards expanded it to include HF messaging for extended range where VHF does not work, but is still primarily a digital

Re: [digitalradio] Re: ALE digital activity

2009-03-05 Thread Simon (HB9DRV)
Two areas where there is a need for digital comms: 1) Satellite / deep space 2) Boat owners far away without internet (let's ditch PACTOR please) I'm indirectly involved with 1) and am following the WINMOR project which looks very interesting. Here in central Europe there's not a huge need for

Re: [digitalradio] Re: ALE digital activity

2009-03-05 Thread Steinar Aanesland
let's ditch PACTOR please -no la5vna Steinar Simon (HB9DRV) wrote: Two areas where there is a need for digital comms: 1) Satellite / deep space 2) Boat owners far away without internet (let's ditch PACTOR please) I'm indirectly involved with 1) and am following the WINMOR project

Re: [digitalradio] Re: ALE digital activity

2009-03-05 Thread kh6ty
of arrogance among those mailbox users! 73, Skip KH6TY http://kh6ty.home.comcast.net - Original Message - From: Steinar Aanesland To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 3:10 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: ALE digital activity let's ditch PACTOR

Re: [digitalradio] Re: ALE digital activity

2009-03-05 Thread Rick W
I am not necessarily opposed to other hams using Pactor modes, but the one issue that is consistently ignored seems to be the transmission of fax/image data when using the wide bandwidth modes. If kept at 500 Hz or less, the changes in the rules a few years back finally allows fax/image to

[digitalradio] Re: ALE digital activity

2009-03-05 Thread Graham
Steinar, I think the 'request' may be based round 'access for all' and not the banishment of the mode .. In a abstract way, this seems to fit the bill :) The time has come, the Walrus said, To talk of many things: Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax-- Of cabbages--and kings--

Re: [digitalradio] Re: ALE digital activity

2009-03-05 Thread John Becker, WØJAB
Oh thank the Gods, Here I was thinking that you was one of the anti wide - anti hardware type guys, At 04:07 PM 3/5/2009, you wrote: I am not necessarily opposed to other hams using Pactor modes, but the one issue that is consistently ignored seems to be the transmission of fax/image data

[digitalradio] Re: ALE digital activity

2009-03-05 Thread Dave Bernstein
AA6YQ comments below --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Rick W mrf...@... wrote: Considering that RTTY, the oldest digital mode (not counting morse code which goes back to spark), is still one of the most common modes, and PSK31 is the most common of the newer modes, it appears that there is

[digitalradio] Re: ALE digital activity

2009-03-04 Thread Dave Bernstein
AA6YQ comments below --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Andy obrien k3uka...@... wrote: Again, this would substantiate Dave AA6YQ's statement a year or so ago, that almost all digital mode users on HF are PSK and RTTY active, and that other digital are so under utilized that their presence