> Danny N7DC wrote: > Andrew, I dont understand why you chose to publish dial > frequencies. When using spots, the spot frequency should > ALWAYS be the ACTUAL frequency which > is the dial frequency + the audio frequency.
Hi Danny, I think you may have missed it... there was some discussion previously. The new digitalradio frequencies are not intended to be "spots" or spot frequencies. They are more like "slices of spectrum" or "passbands" in which any mode, or combinations of modes, may be operated within. With the addition of auto-tuning Reed Solomon ID encode/decode in Multipsk, and other types of auto-decoding of multiple signals within a passband, it certainly makes switching modes (or using an uncommon mode) much easier. It seems pretty easy to just set your VFO, or put all the digitalradio freqs in your transceiver's memory, and there you are. Cool! If you look at the new digitalradio web page that Andy just put up, there is an image that might make it a little clearer what is happening. It shows the digitalradio "passbands" on 20meters and 30meters. For the 20m freq at 14077 USB, the "passband" shown is from 14077.25 to 14080.0kHz. So, you can move around wherever you want within that range, depending upon QRM, etc. Probably most of us will end up somewhere in the middle, maybe around 1500Hz audio, and that would be a center of around 14078.5 or so, +/- QRM. I hope to work some stations on the new digitalradio freqs next weekend... I will be in Hong Kong (VR2/KQ6XA). I will post my sked, and probably be using Olivia 500/16 on the 40m international freq. 73 Bonnie BA7/KQ6XA