Thank you Patrick... Tony -K2MO
----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick Lindecker" <f6...@free.fr> To: <digitalradio@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 5:06 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Random Hour instead of MOTD > Hello Tony and all, > > Here is an old proposal of Mike Pastorcich KF5HEY done several years ago. > http://f6cte.free.fr/Tom_modes.doc > > For possible ideas. > > 73 > Patrick > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Tony > To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 10:16 PM > Subject: [digitalradio] Random Hour instead of MOTD > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > >
