Bonnie, You raise some good questions! D-Star works that way now, in many respects. We just don't have anything like D-Star on HF...yet.
73, John - K8OCL >From: "expeditionradio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com >To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com >Subject: [digitalradio] Re: Can You Call Another Ham On The Air? Right Now? >Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 01:56:57 -0000 > > >Hi Dave, > >I believe it is not silly at all to call specific hams we have never >spoken with before, without knowing bands or modes they use... simply >by knowing their callsign. > >I suggest that the reason some might think it is odd, is that ham >radio operators have not been "thinking outside the box", and are >largely content with the status quo, having never known anything better. > >Calling each other on the air is technically feasible in many ways, >especially with our available digital radio technologies, >microprocessor-driven transceivers, and computers. > >In posing the question, I had hoped to spur some thought and >intelligent discussion about different ways to dependably initiate >communications with each other on the air. I'm interested in all kinds >of methods, especially the ones that do not require schedules, manual >net monitoring, or telephone calls. > >Bonnie KQ6XA > >. > > > 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/
