All, The mode-of-the-day may not be the best for what we want to achieve since it tends to put the emphasis on a single mode. A Random Hour on the other hand would promote the use of any mode starting at a specific time each day.
With the help of RSID and video identification, operators can randomly select the keyboard mode of their choosing. The ID would be an essential part of random hour since it takes the guess work out of which mode is being used. It might be best to have both a local and universal start time. The meteor scatter group uses local time to promote their random hour efforts but they are dealing with a propagation mode that is limited to one or two time zones so it's not the same as HF. The time issue is open for suggestion. Fldigi and Multipsk have both the Reed Solomon and video ID. Simon Brown's DM-780 has video ID only, but that may change soon. MixW has video for MT63 only. Fldigi................ http://www.w1hkj.com/ HRD (DM780) http://www.ham-radio-deluxe.com/Downloads/tabid/54/Default.aspx Multipsk........... http://f6cte.free.fr/index_anglais.htm So there you have it. Suggestions welcome... Tony -K2MO
