ORIGINAL MESSAGE: At 05:24 AM 8/24/2006, rws wrote:
> > 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. ------------ REPLY FOLLOWS ------------ I could not agree more, but the standard already exists and it is Upper Side Band, spoken in English. I should point out that I am speaking of true emergencies i.e. "people are dying and we need help now", not the health and welfare stuff that can wait i.e. "Tell mom that Joan and the kids are ok". 100 watts, a dipole in the trees and a car battery, with the correct choice of bands, will do the true emergency work just fine, day or night. The stuff about achieving "interoperable digital communications capability with the rest of the HF world" is a complete waste of time, IMO. Better to spend your time and energy on educating people about emergency preparedness such as stocking food and water, first aid and CPR, etc, etc. Everyone wants to be the heroic radio operator on the sinking ship. Those days are all but gone, folks, especially in the USA. Focus on what is *really* needed in a *real* emergency. What you want is to stay alive for a few hours till the professionals arrive, which they will very quickly. This is not the 1930's. Bill, W6WRT 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/
