In my area, there is a definitive divide between those who want to use digital
voice (VHF+) and those who don't. Interestingly, in the past 2 years, I've seen
an overall decline in dv users. It's complicated and latent. Especially with
"older" (40+) who have used ssb voice, they don't like the delay with digital.
I listen to a group on ssb and they are like 60wpm cw, they also frequent an FM
repeater that has no tail and there are times where the repeater never drops -
you simply can't do that on any of the digital modes, it's just too slow.
DV on HF, has little to no appeal to a lot of folks. They are here as a hobby,
not to ensure 100% comms. It's analogous to 1980's long distance vs todays cell
phone. We had toll quality voice 40 years ago, that rode a 64kbps channel, and
yet today we still don't have the same quality, and in many cases using
multiple times the bandwidth. How is it that we have portable super computers
that can't deliver equivalent service that a previously passive end point
could? A lot of people don't want to trade reliability at a loss of more
natural speech.
There are a lot of modes. I haven't been on DV HF recently due to those
others.... gone are the days of just cw or ssb. The buffet of modes we have
today certainly dilutes the pool of potential users using any given mode. What
would it be like if the only non-voice mode was FT8? Pandemonium? Instead, I
look at pskreporter and see more than 80 listed types - and that isn't an all
inclusive list.
EIGHTY. Let that simmer for a bit. And that doesn't include much outside of HF.
No DMR, P25, NXDN, C4FM, or PMR. "Have it your way" probably needs to be the
new amateur slogan.
Matt AL0R
On Thursday, January 6, 2022, 03:35:09 AM CST, Mooneer Salem
<[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Al,
As much as it would be nice if everyone was using some sort of digital voice
mode, that's pretty unlikely any time soon. What would be good is if there's a
pattern among people already using SSB/AM/FM voice and refusing to/stopping use
of digital voice; that could be used to drive further improvements and convince
others to give it a try.
Thanks,
-Mooneer K6AQ
On Wed, Jan 5, 2022 at 4:03 PM Al Beard <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi all,
I just got a reply from a computer literate ham doing Q65 a mode
from the WSJT suite saying, no interest in Digital Voice.
What is the point of our Amateur Radio in NOT looking at communications,
sending useful messages.
Though I do do some meteor scatter which only transmits callsigns and signal
strengths, I see a real need for semi-secure messaging, either text or voice.
Especially when this can help others eg. WICEN (emergency comms).
Or comms from otherwise remote locations.
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