There's nothing wrong with the current ALE...I'm just dreaming and thinking what could happen in the future.
73, Walt/K5YFW Rick wrote: > Walt, > > What is wrong with the current ALE design? One of the primary goals of > ALE is to call up or otherwise alert someone that you want to > communicate with and seems to meet your objectives. > > 73, > > Rick, KV9U > > > Walt DuBose wrote: > >>I don't see the current ALE as being anywhere close to the desires of >>amateurs...however, it IS a good start. >> >>I look for the future to allow hams to transmit ALE queries on one or several >>frequencies on each of the hambands and individual stations or net stations >>being called would respond on a specific frequency. This would allow >>impromptu >>QSOs between individual amateurs as well as the ability to call nets together >>at >>other than regualr net times, i.e. emergency nets or listing traffic for >>various >>stations or locations. It could easily be used for calling CQ and indicating >>you "listening" frequency. Another use would be for evaluating propagation >>between various areas by using ALE "beacon or propagation" stations. >> >>73, >> >>Walt/K5YFW >>