If as you say, "ham radio operators have not been thinking outside
the box, and are largely content with the status quo, having never
known anything better", then how do you explain
- the blizzard of new digital modes developed over the past 5 years
- the rapid adoption of panoramic reception and broadband decoding
- the use of software-defined transceivers
?
73,
Dave, AA6YQ
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "expeditionradio"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Dave G0DJA David
> > It's a bit of a silly arguement to say we should be able to
> > call up someone who we probably have never spoken to before
> > and have not got any idea whether they use the same bands
> > and modes as we do...
>
> 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
>
> .
>
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