The only problem I see with this is how several tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of hams are going to do 10-20 seconds of sounding even using whole segments of bands. There won't be any room or time for actually talking! I just don't see this being good for "most HF communications".
Jim WA0LYK --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "Andrew O'Brien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Seeing how useful PC-ALE is, I have to imagine a time when that is how > most HF communication is attempted. If it requires brief "soundings" > that are considered "unattended", then I say change the rules and > allow brief 10-20 second transmissions that are unattended in some > portions of the bands. It sure beats some of aimless wandering I have > been doing with other calling methods. > > > > On 10/2/07, Steve Hajducek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi John, > > > > For ARRL members, that piece was on page 9 of the Oct 2007 QST. > > > > More and more ALE will become integrated into the Amateur Radio > > Service (ARS) do to its significant advantages, it is just such an > > obvious path to take with respect to the role that the ARS plays in > > ECOM support for one thing in my opinion. > > > > >
