The message you cite provides no reference to an amateur
implementation of "the 5066 standard in amateur radio". I Googled it,
but the only hits were to commercial manufacturers of milspec
equipment.
We have indeed amassed collection of soundcard digital mode
implementations over the last few years, but I for one don't
appreciate these being labeled "oddball". Advancing the state of the
art is an important component of amateur radio; the lively debates
here and elsewhere over technique and policy are hardly "petty
squabbling", they are the crucible in which progress is forged.
KN6KB's advancement of busy detection in SCAMP was encouraged by
discussions here, for example.
If someone seriously wants to stimulate concerted action toward
a "unified approach", then a clear exposition of technical vision and
mission would be a far more effective starting point. And when
followup questions are posed, straight answers would be appreciated.
73,
Dave, AA6YQ
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "rws" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> WELL SAID --- BUT IS ANYONE LISTENING??
>
> BOB, K2CRR
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "expeditionradio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <digitalradio@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 11:24 PM
> Subject: [digitalradio] Open 5066 for HF-based Digital Email,
Emergency Data
>
>
> > We have plenty of oddball ham-only HF methods for hams to play
hobby
> > with. But very little attention is being paid to interoperation
with
> > other radio services, for initial calling, voice, image, or data.
> >
> > I support the "5066" standard in amateur radio. It is time for
hams to
> > step up to the plate, and to unite behind useful baseline
standards
> > that are compatible with the rest of the HF world for emergency
> > interoperation. The best way we can be prepared for communications
> > emergencies is to have a compatible ubiquitous system and use it
on a
> > daily basis.
> >
> > Picture yourself in the following scenario:
> > You and your home survived the disaster that came suddenly in the
> > middle of one night. But all the internet and telephone has been
down
> > for several weeks in your area. A local emergency worker comes to
you
> > with a request to contact the disaster headquarters with an
important
> > 5000 word emergency message.
> >
> > What would you do next?
> > How would you call them?
> > Where would you start?
> > Are you prepared to assist?
> >
> > Here at my QTH in California, we await just such an impending
disaster
> > scenario. We don't know when it will happen, but we certainly
know it
> > indeed will happen. Earthquakes, tsunamis, and huge fires are
part of
> > California's recent history... they will continue in the future.
Even
> > during the "relatively small" Loma Prieta Earthquake I
experienced in
> > 1989, the power went off for a long time (9 days at my home, and
> > several weeks in some areas). The cellphone, landline telephone,
> > electronic banking, and most of the repeaters went down over a
wide
> > area within a few minutes or hours after the quake shaking
stopped.
> > The gas stations shut down when their tanks ruptured or infra-
> > structure was damaged. The grocery store shelves were rapidly
depleted.
> >
> > That earthquake was not the one we Californians call "the Big
One".
> >
> > You may not have earthquakes or tsunamis in your area. Perhaps
you may
> > have tornadoes, hurricanes, blizzards, floods, (or maybe a
pandemic)
> > instead.
> >
> > Let us put aside our petty squabbling, and not worry about
whether any
> > particular digital method was "not invented here" by hams. Let us
> > unite behind a common HF standard and actually achieve
interoperable
> > digital communications capability with the rest of the HF world
for
> > when "The Big One" comes to your hometown.
> >
> > Bonnie KQ6XA
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