Re: [digitalradio] NTS and traffic handling and digital

[John Bradley]

 I used winlink in it's early days, when I was doing a lot of keyboard to keyboard pactor 1, using a PK232MBX which I still have and still works.   I think what has happened was the MT63 folks had picked 14109.5 as a calling channel. When OLIVIA came out , first in Linnux and later for windows someone suggested 14108.5 as a calling channel. Now the whole world is up there on Olivia, with lots of EU , South Africa and other countries readily found there.   So, to keep peace with all players, what is the consensus as to where OLIVIA and all these new modes should operate? Personally I like the range just above 14070, like from 14072 or so up. Comments?   John VE5MU ----- Original Message ----- From: KV9U To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 1:26 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] NTS and traffic handling and digital Hi John, Until recently, I did not even think of going much above 14.095 or so. I have heard a number of Olivia stations above 14.100 this weekend. It may be where I live (north midwest U.S.), but there really are not that many digital signals on the bands (compared to phone and CW anyway). There are almost always some 14.070 PSK stations and then open frequencies from there to 14.100 except for Pactor and RTTY. Sometimes a few "other" modes like Olivia, MFSK16. Even though you can legally do it, I personally do not think it is right to operate in the areas that are intended for automatic operation since they are so small as it is. I used to be supportive of semi-automatic operation outside of that automatic area, but I no longer support that due to the inability of the robot stations to hear a busy channel. I would only support it if the robot station had busy detect software. This has been proven to be possible with my experiences when beta testing the SCAMP mode, so we know it can be done. Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to  Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ DigiPol: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digipol  (band plan policy discussion) SPONSORED LINKS Ham radio Craft hobby Hobby and craft supply Icom ham radio Yaesu ham radio YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "digitalradio" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.