Yep you shure had that right ! --- "Jose A. Amador" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > It is amazing that the "developists" in highly > developed places forgets > that the world is far from being equally developed > and connected, with > high speed digital repeater networks, easily > accessible Internet, etc, > etc... > > Even more, that you don't have to go to Asia, Africa > or anywhere in the > Third World to find it the same case... > > Towers may fall...fibers may break (it happened > recently in the US west > coast), etc, etc. We have had that scenario here in > my country several > times this decade. In the middle of a category 5 > hurricane, only HF > works...who is going to keep a satellite dish > properly aimed in such a > situation? > > Satellites have to be substituted periodically, in > no more than 10 years > periods. > > How many times has the ionosphere been substituted > since 1900 ? None, > that I remember. > > Jose, CO2JA > > --- > > John Becker, WØJAB wrote: > > > Sure it would but what are you going to do away > from the > > big cities? I live in a rural area VHF UHF other > then satellite > > is useless. I have one portable radio this is used > for Emergency > > Medical Services for a 3 county area as a EMT. You > got to > > remember that "painfully slow HF link" may be the > *only* > > link that we have that is working. > > > > John, W0JAB > > ----- > > > At 03:15 PM 12/26/2007, you wrote: > >> I see the point about document transfer, but > wouldn't higher speed modes > >> at higher frequencies be more efficient? For > situations where > >> infrastructure is in place, wouldn't a well > planned DSTAR network be > >> much more efficient? 100 kbps from a portable > radio located almost > >> anywhere would seem to be a much more powerful > tool than a painfully > >> slow HF link. > > > > > __________________________________________ > > Participe en Universidad 2008. > 11 al 15 de febrero del 2008. > Palacio de las Convenciones, Ciudad de la Habana, > Cuba > http://www.universidad2008.cu > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs