Re: [digitalradio] RM-11392

2007-12-27 Thread Phil Barnett
On Thursday 27 December 2007 02:40:01 am Steve Hajducek wrote: I would also like to see the availability of stations involved in the support of Emergency Communications, during such an event allowed to work multi-mode Voice/Digital in the Voice segments and not have to move off frequency.

[digitalradio] Fwd: Your excellent petition

2007-12-27 Thread Mark Miller
Forwarded with the permission of G3PLX Subject: Your excellent petition Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 20:37:30 - X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 Mark: I hope I have the right email address This is just a note to offer my congratulations and express my admiration for the

Re: [digitalradio] STOP THE BITCHING AND MOANING!!!!

2007-12-27 Thread bruce mallon
I just move to another frequency and move on. There are plenty channels to use out there!!. The problem will be you will run out of places to go. I AGREE ! we do need to solve these problems however as long as 1% of all hams feel they Are entitled to 50% of the bands or more its not going to

[digitalradio] JT65 - work in team

2007-12-27 Thread Patrick Lindecker
Hello to all, I would be interested to study JT65 and, perhaps, add this mode to Multipsk (let's say before the end of 2008 or the beginning of 2009). The JT65 specifications are too much general and don't permit to build a code from them. I saw that the sources (Fortran and C or C++?) of JT65

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Packet Radio Frequencies

2007-12-27 Thread bruce mallon
Scott There is some here and APRS too but not a lot --- Scott L. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ahhh, the old days300 baud HF packet. I remember when it was all the rage in the early 1990s. Now, VHF packet (1200 baud) was much more interesting and I even had a packet BBS. That was in

[digitalradio] Re: Questions on digital opposition

2007-12-27 Thread Demetre SV1UY
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, W2XJ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Demetre SV1UY wrote: First of all not many can afford a satellite phone, which is also not amateur radio. A satellite phone plus connection fees are far more expensive than a PACTOR MODEM. Second many do not even have the

Re: [digitalradio] JT65 - work in team

2007-12-27 Thread Simon Brown
No only am I interested, I am ahead of you - I hope to have this working with a C++ engine under Windows by about the end of March 2008. Originally I was targeting end of 2007 but decided to add SSTV support before finishing WSJT. The WSJT code is Fortran, Python and C (I think) which is very

[digitalradio] Re: Questions on digital opposition, QRM on PACTOR PMBOS now from DAVE, Congrats

2007-12-27 Thread Demetre SV1UY
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Dave Bernstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: QRM from PMBOs and other deaf robots spoils the enjoyment of amateur radio for many operators Demetre. That's why so many are willing to do practically anything to make WinLink stop generating QRM. Anti-radiation

[digitalradio] Re: Your excellent petition

2007-12-27 Thread kh6ty
Hi Demetre, We are looking forward to your explanation as to how an unattended PMBO, very near to a local station (and which local station, that the far away client cannot even detect), and running a mode other than Pactor, will refuse to transmit over the local station's QSO if queried by the

Re: [digitalradio] JT65 - work in team

2007-12-27 Thread Patrick Lindecker
Hello Simon, Glad you are interested (and very widely in advance). I knew Python only as a snake, nice to learn something... For instance, I have written some own specifications in French (see hereafter but I'm not very sure of them). About the source code, I have: * a file which name is

Re: [digitalradio] Fwd: Your excellent petition

2007-12-27 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Mark Miller wrote: Forwarded with the permission of G3PLX Thank you for sharing this Mark. If you and Peter Martinez are both for the petition, that along with my independent review is good enough for me. Sorry to see some of the ad hominem bozo remarks on this forum. Hey, I thought I was

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Packet Radio Frequencies

2007-12-27 Thread f6gia
Le Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:01:22 +0100, bruce mallon [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit: Scott There is some here and APRS too but not a lot Hello all, ex sysop of PR node F6KVE, I maintain that APRS mode ar'nt packet- radio, just UI frames and made for breaking PR and divide PR sysops, its

[digitalradio] Re: Fwd: Your excellent petition

2007-12-27 Thread Andrew O'Brien
-Thanks for sharing this Mark Andy -- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Mark Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Forwarded with the permission of G3PLX Subject: Your excellent petition Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 20:37:30 - X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 Mark: I

Re: [digitalradio] Fwd: Your excellent petition

2007-12-27 Thread Mark Miller
Hey, I thought I was the only guy who labels his socks by day. :-) This petition, if adopted, will be a huge step towards advancement of the digital modes on the amateur bands, and a clean-up of non-amateur modes and practices that threaten our bands. Roger, I had my wife take a look at that

[digitalradio] Re: FCC: Petition to Kill Digital Advancement

2007-12-27 Thread b_totten
Why don't we just simply give the bands back to the FCC and then let the government run emergency comm. That would solve the whole mess. (LOL) More Government, More Regulations, More Law Suits --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Rodney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I too, agree with the

[digitalradio] auto-detect was used once upon a time

2007-12-27 Thread John Becker, WØJAB
It did not work out well and has not been used since. Oh don't get me wrong the auto-detect worked, worked to well if you ask me. John

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Your excellent petition

2007-12-27 Thread kh6ty
I am quoting here my reply to DAVE about his Anti-radiation missiles tuned to PACTOR PMBO frequencies for your information! That shows you exactly the attitude of some people against anything they dislike and how they act. If the Pactor PMBOs activated any DCD mechanism, people like Dave would sit

Re: [digitalradio] Bozo's guide to RM-11392

2007-12-27 Thread Lou Everett, Sr
Andy - What did you say? Hi! Hi! I LOVE Digital. Have a GREAT day, and HAPPY NEW YEAR! Lou WA5LOU Andrew O'Brien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, I am coming to this issue rather late but did give the proposal a quick read. For those who do not have time to

[digitalradio] Re: Fwd: Your excellent petition

2007-12-27 Thread dl8le
Unfortunately Peter, G3PLX, is missing some important point in his comments whereas I can follow and agree to most of his statements: 1. There is a bandplan which allows a max. of 2700 Hz. I assume that there was a lengthly discussion about those limits before they were established. 2. Even

[digitalradio] Re: Your excellent petition

2007-12-27 Thread Demetre SV1UY
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, kh6ty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Demetre, We are looking forward to your explanation as to how an unattended PMBO, very near to a local station (and which local station, that the far away client cannot even detect), and running a mode other than

[digitalradio] Re: First FCC Came for the PACTOR

2007-12-27 Thread b_totten
Michael, Eloquently said! Brian AB5KT Near Austin Texas --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Michael Hatzakis Jr MD [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree; a little unnecessary drama. I think we can stay rational and have an educational discussion. I've learned from this debate and this is the

RE: [digitalradio] Re: FCC: Petition to Kill Digital Advancement

2007-12-27 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
Anyone notice that the vast majority of the negative comments about the petition are (nearly) identical. Sort of reminds me of the Send the following letter to your Congressman! like the NUMBERS count and not the content. I sure wish that petitioners -- both pro and con -- would think for

Re: [digitalradio] JT65 - work in team

2007-12-27 Thread Simon Brown
Hi, That's it. Your first step is to follow Joe's instructions and compile this, then understand how to use it. I have written a lot of user interface but not yet attacked the decoding. Simon Brown, HB9DRV - Original Message - From: Patrick Lindecker * a file which name is

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Your excellent petition

2007-12-27 Thread W2XJ
If you go to the SCS website, it clearly states that PACTORIII is designed for commercial operation, especially maritime. They then have a tanned rich German guy on the website giving a testimonial how the system works from his yacht. If people want to tie up marine frequencies with such a low

[digitalradio] Fw: [illinoisdigitalham] Will You Let FCC Kill Digital Radio Technology?

2007-12-27 Thread David Struebel
- Original Message - From: David Struebel To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 4:33 PM Subject: Re: [illinoisdigitalham] Will You Let FCC Kill Digital Radio Technology? Hi Everyone, I've been following this debate for the past several days and finally have to

[digitalradio] Re: Questions on digital opposition, QRM on PACTOR PMBOS now from DAVE, Congrats

2007-12-27 Thread Dave Bernstein
+++ more AA6YQ comments below --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Demetre SV1UY [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: QRM from PMBOs and other deaf robots spoils the enjoyment of amateur radio for many operators Demetre. That's why so many are willing to do practically anything to make WinLink stop

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Questions on digital opposition, QRM on PACTOR PMBOS now from DAVE, Congrats

2007-12-27 Thread Les Warriner
IMNSHO malicious interference, interference that prevents or interrupts a QSO on a frequency from any source is ILLEGAL by the existing rules. The fact that this rule is not being enforced should generate information to the FCC on these interferences and requests to the same agency to clean

[digitalradio] Re: Fw: [illinoisdigitalham] Will You Let FCC Kill Digital Radio Technology?

2007-12-27 Thread Dave Bernstein
I'm glad to hear that you are using a busy frequency detector, Dave. The detectors in PK232 and SCS modems are certainly better than nothing, but are quite limited. Neither detects PSK31 transmissions, for example. As part of the SCAMP project, Rick KN6KB (a member of the Winlink team)

Re: [digitalradio] RM-11392

2007-12-27 Thread Rick
Hi Again, Steve, I think that you are also supporting protectionism as I am, only you don't think of it that way. It protects the users of incompatible modes from reducing the use of the spectrum. There may be no technical way for them to coexist unless you literally drive them off. Some may

[digitalradio] Re: Your excellent petition

2007-12-27 Thread Demetre SV1UY
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Dave Bernstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: AA6YQ comments below --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, kh6ty kh6ty@ wrote: I am quoting here my reply to DAVE about his Anti-radiation missiles tuned to PACTOR PMBO frequencies for your information! snip

[digitalradio] Re: Questions on digital opposition, QRM on PACTOR PMBOS now from DAVE, Congrats

2007-12-27 Thread Demetre SV1UY
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Dave Bernstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: +++ more AA6YQ comments below --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Demetre SV1UY sv1uy@ wrote: QRM from PMBOs and other deaf robots spoils the enjoyment of amateur radio for many operators Demetre. That's why

[digitalradio] Re: Questions on digital opposition, QRM on PACTOR PMBOS now from DAVE, Congrats

2007-12-27 Thread Dave Bernstein
AA6YQ comments below --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Les Warriner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: IMNSHO malicious interference, interference that prevents or interrupts a QSO on a frequency from any source is ILLEGAL by the existing rules. The fact that this rule is not being enforced should

RE: [digitalradio] Re: Questions on digital opposition, QRM on PACTOR PMBOS now from DAVE, Congrats

2007-12-27 Thread Dave AA6YQ
You caught me, Demetre. I did rent an F-16 last weekend and got all the way to Winlink Planetary Headquarters before realizing that the HARMs Hertz gave me were tuned to 7.105 GHz instead of 7.105 MHz as requested. So I buzzed the tower and flew home to beat the commuter congestion at Hanscom.

RE: [digitalradio] Re: FCC: Petition to Kill Digital Advancement

2007-12-27 Thread bruce mallon
But, it won't happen; the FCC Will take spectrum back, long before we ever evolve to the point of becoming better operators and having constructive discussion for the common good. Ham radio an't broke if the digicrats would wake up and smell the interferance coffie and work to be just another

[digitalradio] Re: Your excellent petition

2007-12-27 Thread Dave Bernstein
AA6YQ comments below --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, kh6ty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am quoting here my reply to DAVE about his Anti-radiation missiles tuned to PACTOR PMBO frequencies for your information! snip What about this Skip? Is this justified? Of course it is not justified!

[digitalradio] Re: Questions on digital opposition, QRM on PACTOR PMBOS now from DAVE, Congrats

2007-12-27 Thread Demetre SV1UY
Oh, I nearly forgot to ask you Dave, what's the matter with you and PACTOR-3? Has uncle Steve been bad to you recently? I can help you know!!! 73 de Demetre de SV1UY P.S. Please smile, this is only a hobby OM. MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR to all.

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Questions on digital opposition, QRM on PACTOR PMBOS now from DAVE, Congrats

2007-12-27 Thread John Becker, WØJAB
At 04:23 PM 12/27/2007, you wrote: Again in MO, any station operating unattended and generating RF interfering signals should NEVER be allowed on Amateur frequencies. It's not ! under FCC rules

[digitalradio] Re: Questions on digital opposition, QRM on PACTOR PMBOS now from DAVE, Congrats

2007-12-27 Thread Demetre SV1UY
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Dave AA6YQ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You caught me, Demetre. I did rent an F-16 last weekend and got all the way to Winlink Planetary Headquarters before realizing that the HARMs Hertz gave me were tuned to 7.105 GHz instead of 7.105 MHz as requested. So I

[digitalradio] Re: Your excellent petition

2007-12-27 Thread Demetre SV1UY
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, W2XJ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you go to the SCS website, it clearly states that PACTORIII is designed for commercial operation, especially maritime. They then have a tanned rich German guy on the website giving a testimonial how the system works from

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Questions on digital opposition, QRM on PACTOR PMBOS now from DAVE, Congrats

2007-12-27 Thread John Becker, WØJAB
At 04:37 PM 12/27/2007, you wrote: Unless you're willing to purchase an SCS TNC, you will not be able to know who or what QRM'd you. A requirement that all unattended stations identify in CW at least once within each 5-minute period of activity would eliminate this problem. Dave I'm not to

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Will You Let FCC Kill Digital Radio Technology?

2007-12-27 Thread John B. Stephensen
Band segments for narrow modes at the low end up to segments suitable for AM at the high end of each band seems a reasonable way to minimize intererence. However, the restriction on content needs to be eliminated so that stations in a QSO can send text, image or voice in analog or digital form

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Your excellent petition

2007-12-27 Thread W2XJ
Demetre SV1UY wrote: --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, W2XJ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you go to the SCS website, it clearly states that PACTORIII is designed for commercial operation, especially maritime. They then have a tanned rich German guy on the website giving a testimonial

[digitalradio] Interface recommendations?

2007-12-27 Thread Rick
I thought that I had eliminated most, if not all of my RFI problems with my ICOM 756 Pro 2 when connected to my homebrew computer interfaces. But I still am having some problems. This is particularly true for the audio cable which picks up quite a bit of RF even though it has isolation

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Your excellent petition

2007-12-27 Thread John Becker, WØJAB
At 05:46 PM 12/27/2007, you wrote: I am contemplating the purchase of an SCS TNC just to turn in the violators. 1. what are you going to do when you find a KB2KB QSO going on? 2. how are you going to know for *sure* that anyone is being QRM'ed ? 3. under FCC rules there is no such thing as a

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Your excellent petition

2007-12-27 Thread John B. Stephensen
The best solution is then regulation by bandwdth so that text and data can be sent in the current phone/image segment. The rtty/data segments could become the 500 Hz bandwidth segments, the phone/image segments the 3 kHz bandwidth segments, and there could be 6 kHz and 50 Hz bandwidth segments

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Fw: [illinoisdigitalham] Will You Let FCC Kill Digital Radio Technology?

2007-12-27 Thread David Struebel
Dave, Thanks for your comments... We do make substantial use of 30 meters on a regular basis... However, within Eastern area we also rely heavily on 80 and 40 hence my comments By the way NTS has been around for over 50 years. Are your suggesting that we discontinue operations, especially

[digitalradio] Re: Questions on digital opposition, QRM on PACTOR PMBOS now from DAVE, Congrats

2007-12-27 Thread Dave Bernstein
If you'd actually read any of my posts, Demetre, you'd know that my focus is on automatic stations without busy detectors -- no matter what protocol they are using. In fact I recently posted here that banning Pactor III because a bunch of inconsiderate operators use it in PMBOs would be like

[digitalradio] Re: Questions on digital opposition, QRM on PACTOR PMBOS now from DAVE, Congrats

2007-12-27 Thread Dave Bernstein
I have never heard a WinLink PMBO identify in CW. 73, Dave, AA6YQ --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, John Becker, WØJAB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 04:37 PM 12/27/2007, you wrote: Unless you're willing to purchase an SCS TNC, you will not be able to know who or what QRM'd you.

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Your excellent petition

2007-12-27 Thread Roger J. Buffington
John Becker, WØJAB wrote: At 05:46 PM 12/27/2007, you wrote: I am contemplating the purchase of an SCS TNC just to turn in the violators. 1. what are you going to do when you find a KB2KB QSO going on? Be darned surprised. There are almost zero, goosegg, nada keyboard-to-keyboard QSOs

[digitalradio] Re: Fw: [illinoisdigitalham] Will You Let FCC Kill Digital Radio Technology?

2007-12-27 Thread Dave Bernstein
AA6YQ comments below --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, David Struebel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for your comments... We do make substantial use of 30 meters on a regular basis... However, within Eastern area we also rely heavily on 80 and 40 hence my comments By the way NTS has

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Questions on digital opposition, QRM on PACTOR PMBOS now from DAVE, Congrats

2007-12-27 Thread David Struebel
Listen to mineIt IDs in CW at the end of an unsucessful connect attempt and at the end of a completed connect... The rules allow for ID via Pactor exchanges in the interim showing the callsigns of both stations. Dave WB2FTX - Original Message - From: Dave Bernstein To:

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Fw: [illinoisdigitalham] Will You Let FCC Kill Digital Radio Technology?

2007-12-27 Thread David Struebel
Dave, Do you sit there at your computer waiting for any reply in this thread to immediately respond to? Dave WB2FTX - Original Message - From: Dave Bernstein To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 8:30 PM Subject: [digitalradio] Re: Fw:

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Questions on digital opposition, QRM on PACTOR PMBOS now from DAVE, Congrats

2007-12-27 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Dave Bernstein wrote: I have never heard a WinLink PMBO identify in CW. 73, Dave, AA6YQ That is because they never do. The SCS TNCs can be set to ID in CW, but in practice no one ever does. de Roger W6VZV

RE: [digitalradio] Re: Fw: [illinoisdigitalham] Will You Let FCC Kill Digital Radio Technology?

2007-12-27 Thread Dave AA6YQ
No, I spend most of my amateur radio time DXing or working on DXLab. At this instant, I am finishing the release note for DXKeeper 6.0, a release on which I've been working for more than a year. Having been in the computer hardware and software business for 35 years, I can multi-task. 73,

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Questions on digital opposition, QRM on PACTOR PMBOS now from DAVE, Congrats

2007-12-27 Thread Howard Brown
Dave, you said earlier that you were running Winlink Classic, not Winlink 2000. That would make your station a BBS instead of a PMBO, wouldn't it? Dave (the other one) was commenting about PMBOs. Maybe the WL2K code is different? 73, Howard K5HB - Original Message From: David

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Your excellent petition

2007-12-27 Thread John Becker, WØJAB
At 07:28 PM 12/27/2007, you wrote: Be darned surprised. There are almost zero, goosegg, nada keyboard-to-keyboard QSOs in Pactor. The mode is dead except for robots. Yeah Roger you keep saying that yet I seem to find them all the time. Have you given it a try?

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Questions on digital opposition, QRM on PACTOR PMBOS now from DAVE, Congrats

2007-12-27 Thread John Becker, WØJAB
At 07:26 PM 12/27/2007, you wrote: I have never heard a WinLink PMBO identify in CW. Like I said Dave my winlink station does it all the time. Either in P1 or CW. Now if I'm in a KB2KB QSO it will not I will force the SCS modem to do it. But under computer control it will. It's in use right

[digitalradio] Re: FCC: Petition to Kill Digital Advancement

2007-12-27 Thread Greg
Have you taken time to actually read the pro RM-11392 comments? Most all of them are individual thoughts. It is the winlink camp that is posting the boiler plate comments hoping that numbers not content will kill the petition. Greg KC7GNM --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Peter G. Viscarola

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Your excellent petition

2007-12-27 Thread Roger J. Buffington
John Becker, WØJAB wrote: At 07:28 PM 12/27/2007, you wrote: Be darned surprised. There are almost zero, goosegg, nada keyboard-to-keyboard QSOs in Pactor. The mode is dead except for robots. Yeah Roger you keep saying that yet I seem to find them all the time. Have you given it a

Re: [digitalradio] Re: FCC: Petition to Kill Digital Advancement

2007-12-27 Thread John Becker, WØJAB
Yes I did. No matter what happens if you read starting at line 4 of page 11 of the PDF file you can see that this is no more then more damn noise from the anti-wide people. And I'll say it again here that under FCC rules there is no such thing as a unattended station what there is (for the

[digitalradio] Re: FCC: Petition to Kill Digital Advancement

2007-12-27 Thread Greg
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Michael Hatzakis Jr MD [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For what it is worth, this is what I typed in my response to this proceeding. We should be focusing on finding ways to encourage more use of this spectrum, lest we lose it. With the elimination in the

[digitalradio] Re: FCC: Petition to Kill Digital Advancement

2007-12-27 Thread Greg
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, John Becker, WØJAB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok so you are telling me there is always a live operator sitting at a PMBO 24/7? Unattended for the clueless means the station operator is not at the controls. Yes I did. No matter what happens if you read

[digitalradio] Re: Your excellent petition

2007-12-27 Thread Leslie Elliott
Here we go again. All it takes to bring out the flaming and shouting matches is a controversial subject like this. I have nothing against thoughtful, constructive discussion and differences of opinion, but do we have to resort to this kind of stuff? Let's all act like grown-ups, eh? It's not

Re: [digitalradio] Re: FCC: Petition to Kill Digital Advancement

2007-12-27 Thread Phil Barnett
On Thursday 27 December 2007 01:34:56 pm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If folks would utilize the time they spend complaining learning to be better operators, Interpretation: Learn to get out of the way of automated stations when they come on frequency without checking to see if the frequency is

Re: [digitalradio] Fw: [illinoisdigitalham] Will You Let FCC Kill Digital Radio Technology?

2007-12-27 Thread Phil Barnett
On Thursday 27 December 2007 04:35:11 pm David Struebel wrote: especially during contests... Traffic thru put declines severely during these contests. And this is as it should be. During heavy use, bandwidth is a limited resource. And if you have decent busy detectors and you detect that the

Re: [digitalradio] JT65 - work in team

2007-12-27 Thread Simon Brown
Patrick, Also look at the WSJT group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wsjtgroup/ - Joe also has an inactive developer group. It would appear that much less than 1% of digital mode users actively develop software, I know many excellent software guys who are also Hams but they just don't have the