Clever, Steve, but demonization is counterproductive. If Winlink were to implement effective "listen before transmit", its operators should enjoy the same access to amateur spectrum as any other ham.
73, Dave, AA6YQ --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "palmdalesteve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm thinking about creating a new mode, let's call it Jamtor IV and > I need some help with the features of this new mode. By the way, > Jamtor is a product of "Tong in Cheek Industries". > > It's intended used to experimentally provide email over Amateur Radio > HF frequencies to impoverished retired Boomers as they cruise the US > in really big land yachts. The ARRL thinks this will be a growth use > of radio spectrum and bring lots of new blood into the hobby > > The "features" so far for Jamtor IV are the following: > > 1) Modulation scheme is a trade secret which is locked in a mason jar > kept in an underground vault guarded by "Ed". If you want to use > Jamtor you have to buy it from one of the authorized dealers and boy > these things are not going to be cheap, befitting the grand tradition > of land yachts, aging Boomers and the basic tenant of "He with the > most toys wins". > 2) Default bandwidth mode and rate has not been decided on, but the > guys from the Communications Think Tank are working on how to use the > most bandwidth possible, whoops I mean be the most efficient. > 3) We're trying to settle on a method of encryption, just in case > someone who does not have a land yacht happens to buy one of our > Jamtor modems and listens in to our communications. You know > ordering on line with the credit card is not all that safe without > encryption, and as part of the experiment we will be testing this > feature. > 4) We are working on a method of insuring that Jamtor always begins > to transmit on the desired frequency at a moments notice without > verifying that the frequency is not in use. As of now we can check > for other Jamtor signals, and they are the only ones that matter, to > us, so this is not high on our list of things to do. > 5) Our current link analysis has shown that Jamtor will tend to be > inefficient with poor SNR values; we are working with various > manufacturers to develop the necessary 10KW mobile amplifiers, however > there has been some concern expressed by OSHA on this topic and > glowing in the dark of the occupants of land yachts. But hey, no pain > no gain. > > Please feel free to add to the list of "helpful" features which should > be incorporated into Jamtor at some point in the future. > 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) Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/