The *only* ill will I've seen expressed is over the use of automatic stations
that transmit without first verifying that the frequency is in use. This has
nothing whatsoever to do with modes. It is unfortunate that one particular mode
(Pactor 3) is conflated with this style of operation, but as you say there's a
lot of misinformation being propagated.
Its particularly disgusting when the defenders of "transmitting without
listening" characterize any criticism of it as "anti-innovative". In point of
fact, the application of 3-year old technology would largely mitigate the
problem.
73,
Dave, AA6YQ
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "expeditionradio" <expeditionra...@...>
wrote:
>
> Why is there a need in ham radio for mode wars?
>
> Is it counterproductive to have so much negativity
> and misinformation being spouted about various
> digital modes and methods by those who profess
> to be proponents of digital ham radio?
>
> Why is it necessary for a person who advocates
> some particular flavor of digital, to be so mean
> and nasty against another flavor?
>
> I ask these questions, because I've watched so many
> positive people and technology innovators driven
> away by vociferous personal attacks on several ham
> radio forums.
>
> Digitalradio has certainly lost many due to this.
> QRZ.com is another forum that has lost the voices
> of some of the most positive and beneficial
> individuals in ham radio digital. Yes, QRZ is a
> rough place to begin with, but aren't the same
> individuals who perpetrate negativity there, doing
> the same thing here on digitalradio?
>
> If we let the negative people control the level
> of discourse in forums for discussion, where will
> this lead the future of ham radio digital? What
> have we already lost in digital technlogy? What
> will we lose in the future?
>
> Bonnie KQ6XA
>
