Re: [digitalradio] Re: 6 meters digital

2007-06-04 Thread Rhett Isley
Bonnie, Why and how is the 70cm band going away in the greater San Francisco area of California? 73. Rhett KB4HG On Jun 3, 2007, at 1:35 PM, expeditionradio wrote: I support efforts for new 100kHz bandwidth digital on 6 meters. It's about time hams do something interesting and new

Re: [digitalradio] Re: 6 meters digital

2007-06-04 Thread Dave Sparks
I'm wondering if this is related to the interference issue with the military PAVE PAWS radar system by a number of 70 cm. repeaters. Dave AF6AS -Original Message- From: Rhett Isley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subj: Re: [digitalradio] Re: 6 meters digital Date: Mon Jun 4, 2007 9:22 am Size:

Re: [digitalradio] Re: 6 meters digital

2007-06-04 Thread Walt DuBose
bruce mallon wrote: Bonnie NO ONE IS AFTER 6 METERS Seriously...you think not? Open it to commercial/industrial/law enforcement under shat is it Part 90? and see how fast and how many Motorola sells 100 watt radios to businesses and law enforcement. Perhaps not in NYC...but in the SW

Re: [digitalradio] Re: 6 meters digital

2007-06-04 Thread bruce mallon
ITS NOT what is going on is the government has radar on that band and HAMS are not supposed to interfere with it. They have a problem with that radar. NOW if 70cm goes away it will go back to the GOVERNMENT. SAME OLD LIES .. no one is out to get it and the government has 1st dibs anyway. If

Re: [digitalradio] Re: 6 meters digital

2007-06-04 Thread bruce mallon
I work for the Sheriff office radio shop and we got RID of all low band in the 1970s Thoes who were here 35 years ago tell me SKIP KILLED our officers radios and when the band was open they resorted to using THE PHONE NO AGENCY IN CENTRAL FL is on low band anymore even the highway patrol has

[digitalradio] Why some bands have low useage

2007-06-04 Thread Rick
I have sometimes wondered why it is that some bands are not used as much as one might expect, especially considering the very much larger ham population, at least here in the U.S., from when I was first licensed in 1963. As a Novice I worked a few stations but did not find CW to be all that

Re: [digitalradio] Why some bands have low usage

2007-06-04 Thread John Becker
Good points Rick. At this time 10 is doing well. Take a look at this map. http://propnet.findu.com/catch.cgi?last=1

Re: [digitalradio] HFLINK Comments to ARRL on Development of New HF Digital Comm Protocols]

2007-06-04 Thread Walt DuBose
You are 100% correct Rick. There have been many, including myself who have encouraged the League to seek input from its members. Some was started when the League started its little surveys on the web and now expanding by asking for technical input. So let's put on our thinking caps and tell

[digitalradio] Re: HFLINK Comments to ARRL on Development of New HF Digital Comm Protocols]

2007-06-04 Thread Dave Bernstein
Before leaping to conclusions like a data transfer mode that would be able to provide at a minimum between 4000 and 5000 characters per minute throughput at SNRs or less than -5 dB, I strongly suggest first reaching agreement on the use cases that such a protocol would support. The ARRL's

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Here's a silly thought

2007-06-04 Thread Bill Aycock
At 03:58 PM 5/31/2007, you (Rodney) wrote: I have an HF rig, but rarely get on HF because of my wife and neighbors. But after reading the past few threads, I'm GLAD that I DON'T get on HF! Sounds as if it's gotten to be nothing more than a low frequency CB band!! Whatever happened to common

[digitalradio] Re: 6 meters digital

2007-06-04 Thread expeditionradio
Yep. --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Dave Sparks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm wondering if this is related to the interference issue with the military PAVE PAWS radar system by a number of 70 cm. repeaters. Dave AF6AS -Original Message- From: Rhett Isley [EMAIL