However, unless Part 97.1 is changed as to the purpose > of Amateur radio, enhancement of the radio art also includes HF. The > issue is that there is little incentive to further develop digital > protocols for high speed binary transfer since under Part 97.221, > there is little space to use what already exists. > > > Steve, k4cjx
So that's the thing in a nut shell from your statement from above, incentive to further develop digital protocols for high speed binary transfer. Who thinks this is a good idea? Is this a case of just because you can, should you do it and at what price to existing operations? >From what I can tell, most of the Amateur community is neither in favor of the ARRL's vision statement expressed in a recent ARRL letter towards delivery of digital content over HF and VHF frequencies nor the vision would appear to provide email, weather maps, position reporting and other connectivity between the internet and remote users. The current allocations seem to support all the users that want to use this sort of capability. Where is the traffic analysis published that shows that there is a demand for an expansion of this service that would justify potentially impacting ordinary Joe's and Jane's just wanting to have a yack on the radio? Where is the data content analysis that shows that the data being transferred over these sorts of services are within the current regulations in terms of non-business communications, no profanity, and not just the usual spam that flood all our email boxes? The burden of proof is not on the incumbent services, it's on those who wish to change. It may be technically feasible to do everything WinLink, the ARRL and others may want to do by allowing more spectrum to be allocated to these services, but by doing so is the resulting environment still Amateur Radio? I think the Amateur community is saying not only No, but HELL NO! The argument for me is philosophical, I am obviously on a different wavelength frequency than those who are advocating for this change. Cheers N6CRR 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/
