Those who really need "standards" adopt one specific approach (e.g., MARS). The others are explorers who will try any route to get to the destination.
>From: "rws" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com >To: <digitalradio@yahoogroups.com> >Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Open 5066 for HF-based Digital Email, Emergency >Data >Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 08:24:22 -0400 > > >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 > > > > . > > > > > > ---original message--- > >>Steve N2CKH wrote: > >> FYI - Open5066 has begun, see: > > http://open5066.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page > >> > >> FYI - The NPHRN has a mandate of September 2007 that will > >> drive those that support it and that it supports, see: > >> http://www.bt.cdc.gov/planning/coopagreement/pdf/fy06guidance_qa2.pdf > >> > >> Just what will take place within the Amateur Radio Service WRT STANAG > >> 5066 is unknown at this time, in the U.S. nothing will take place > >> until the FCC bring the rules up to date and even then it will depend > >> on just how much they update the rules as to just what can be > >> accomplished on HF. Other countries do not suffer the same > >> limitations and then some other countries suffer worst limitations, > >> it an age old story in that regard. > >> > >> What is obvious to me and many if not all is that for the Amateur > >> Radio Service to really be effective as a "Service" and not just a > >> way to have fun with radio, we need to have a full blown > >> radio-to-radio e-mail (or automated radio relay if you prefer) system > >> in place worldwide to meet the demands of the Amateur Radio Service, > >> be it based on STANAG 5066 or whatever and it needs to be done use > >> the PC Sound Device Modem (PCSDM) and before anyone laughs at that, > >> STANAG 5066 is already being done via the PCDSM commercially, refer > >> to: http://www.skysweep.com/binaries/doc/SkySweepMessenger.pdf > >> > >> P.S. - ALE is at the Physical Level of STANAG 5066 > > > > > > . > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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/
