Hi Steve, My first response to you may have been over the top because of others previous messages. My apologizes.
I want to compare the ALE waveforms with other existing waveforms. This is difficult because the values reported by ALE do not conform to normal standards for digital communications. I think I can roughly map the ALE SN to standard analog SNR. The bit error rate is elusive. I am working from the ALE milspec. I am asking that you show me some numbers for the assertion that "ALE is not just a possible candidate, for the fastest and most reliable means of connecting with stations of interest on HF on the best BER/SNR channel it is the best !" I ask not because I am trying to trash ALE but to determine where improvements are needed so in 2-5 years there are better ham digital protocols. Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net
