Hello Robin, . That is correct, it also can be considered as moving costs of power amplifiers and antenna systems to the server/software. At the moment we have approximately 65k FT8 users and there should be simple control layer protocol, costs may be similar to keeping pskreporter.info and hamspots.net at 24x7 operation. . 73 Igor UA3DJY
>Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2018 01:32:20 +0100 >From: "G8DQX (WSJT developers on SF)" < wsjtde...@gape.me.uk > >To: wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >Subject: Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJT-X 2.0 possible new mode/protocol >Message-ID: < cdad522e-acfc-16b7-53f2-766fbad16...@gape.me.uk > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" > >Igor, > >you forgot to mention that HLR & VLR technology is a *network* artefact, >generally to be found in mobile telecommunications networks. The >application to the Amateur Radio Service, where there are a large number >of stations but *no* over-arching network control is very unclear. > >For a public telecommunications network HLRs and VLRs, more accurately >their interfaces, are defined by standards developing organisations >(SDOs) such as 3GPP, paid for by network operators, and usually >developed by network manufacturers. These things are not cheap, and they >require continual maintenance and end-of-life replacement! > >What did you really have in mind? > >Robin, G8DQX >
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