No Danny - maybe I did not make myself clear on this . Mark said " I do understand trading bandwidth for accuracy and that can be added to the equation too, but that really only applies to forwarding messages, not keyboard to keyboard QSOs. "
This is not true. It *applies* to all... All my digital QSO's are keyboard to keyboard. And what do you mean by "you guys" ? At 06:31 PM 10/22/2006, you wrote: >I'm afraid that keyboard to keyboard, mike to mike and keys have EVERYTHING >TO DO WITH IT. Ham radio is here for amateur use, not professional. I am >here to enjoy QSOs with friends and acquaintances, and to-be friends around >the world. Not to send tons of official traffic. Each of us needs to be >capable to lend a hand when their is an emergency. We do NOT need to have >professional stations set up which can handle huge throughput, which is what >I am hear here. If you want a job as a professional communicator, feel free >to go out and find one. I did that for 30 years ( as well as enjoying >hamming on the side), and am here in case needed. I am not here just to be >a back-up in case something else fails, at the expense of this hobby. I >also do not want others interfering with my hobby use of these band, using >huge signals on wide bands and destroying my everyday use of the small >assignments we have. > >If you guys really think you need all this wideband, multi channel stuff, >ask the FCC for separate bands, but lets not call it amateur radio. We >amateurs do not need 6-10 kc of bandwidth running multi kilo speed to simply >say "Hey Jack - good to hear you again - ur 59 here in Virginia today, so >how has it been with you and your wife?" I have every faith in our digital >software people that they can make ever increasing gains in programs to >allow us to enjoy this hobby, and keep the bandwidth and the thru put down >to sensible levels. > >Danny Douglas N7DC >ex WN5QMX ET2US WA5UKR ET3USA >SV0WPP VS6DD N7DC/YV5 G5CTB all >DX 2-6 years each. 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
