> Mostly, ALE is used to initiate a QSO that then happens using > some other method such as SSB voice, psk, fsk, ofdm, or mfsk. > > With ALE, there are no "shifting gears", no "pounding away", > and no long-winded CQs or extended calling such as traditional > voice, image, digi texting, Pactor, RTTY, or CW modes. > > An ALE call is short and sweet. The entire call takes less time > than someone sending a morse code "QRL + station ID" at 5WPM. > Either you link up within seconds and QSO, or you don't and move on. > > You can send out an ALE call, an ALE net call, an ALE CQ call, > or simply send ALE station ID. It is a short duration signal. > If the ALE controller does not detect a response within seconds > from another ALE station, then it does not send anything else. > > Bonnie KQ6XA
At what threshold of Ham usage does this "pinging" of Ham frequencies move from a minor factor to a major one? Say for the moment that 100 Hams are pinging, what happens when 10,000 Hams are pinging and they are doing so on the same bands they now frequent? -- Thanks! & 73, doc, KD4E ... somewhere in FL URL: bibleseven (dot) com 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/
