--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, DuBose Walt Civ AETC CONS/LGCA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Andy, > > Are you talking about Automatic Link Establsihment capability to connect to > stations or the service messaging protocol of ALE just to send text with? > >
Good question. I started my thoughts in reaction to all the interest here in PAX2, and previously in Olivia. It seems to me that many on this list enjoy the experiments in finding a digital mode that performs well in marginal situations. There are also those that like the ability to beacon and use the radio for digital message handling. ALE , or at least the use of ALE in PC-ALE, appears to provide most of this. I no ALE expert, and only use it on a basic amateur transceiver, but ALE linking , use of trace/soundings, and use of propagation data , appears to help the ham in working under marginal conditions . The digital message ability of PC-ALE appears to provide some of the functions that PAX2 does. I have not really tested how ALE messages work under poor conditions. So, I guess what I am saying is that ALE and PC-ALE could provide much of what the experimental digital hams want. It is not an key- board rag-chew mode but could be used to set-up such rag-chews. It DOES appear to be a reliable mode/system for traffic handling and emergency situations. Andy K3UK 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/
