Quoting Lee Mushel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on Sun 27 Jul 2008 03:32:01 PM PDT:
> I just got up from my nap to see the cognitive contesting business and I > will admit that something that complex offers more than a few interesting > aspects but you've not considered the *missing link*! I see precious few > cognitive operators and an amazing number of ideas that I don't understand. > How, for example, can you claim to have an emergency communications system > when no one has ever talked to any of the good folks who are going to be > served? Amateur radio isn't intended for Emergency Communications (at least, that's not one of the reasons in Part 97). It just happens to be used for it, particularly for non-emergency tactical comms portrayed as rehearsals for real emergencies. This is not to say that hams don't provide useful services.. but a lot of that service is something in Part 97: skilled ops.. which I take to mean the ability to get an antenna strung up in a tree because the storm just blew the tower down, etc. However, tinkering with C/SDR is definitely one of the Part 97 things.. improving the state of the radio art. _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
