Re: [digitalradio] The microHAM DIGI KEYER: No upconversion/downconversion with decimation/recalcu

2006-03-24 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
That sounds great!! __Howard S. White Ph.D. P. Eng., VE3GFW/K6  ex-AE6SM  KY6LAWebsite: www.ky6la.com "No Good Deed Goes Unpunished""Ham Antennas Save Lives - Katrina, 2003 San Diego Fires, 911" - Original Message -

Re: [digitalradio] A "sneak peak" ... The microHAM DIGI KEYER:

2006-03-24 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
nnas Save Lives - Katrina, 2003 San Diego Fires, 911" - Original Message - From: Andrew O'Brien To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 4:10 AM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] A "sneak peak" ... The microHAM DIGI KEYER: On 3

Re: [digitalradio] A "sneak peak" ... The microHAM DIGI KEYER:

2006-03-23 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
Looks like MicroHam is finally taking to first step to getting it "Right" using an external sound card integrated into the box like they do at RigExpert to get away from the Computer generated noise and artifacts of internal sound Cards ...   I like the fact that it claims to use standard

Re: [digitalradio] Poll results for digitalradio

2006-03-08 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
lets get back to talking about new digital modes...   with all the neat things we can do with them   and not burden the readers around the world with petty US politics. __Howard S. White Ph.D. P. Eng., VE3GFW/K6  ex-AE6SM  KY6LAW

Re: Re[2]: [digitalradio] Re: ARRLWeb: Army MARS Implementing Winlink 2000 with Airmail Network

2006-03-07 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
and (c)    would take a back seat toDHSW> emcomms.  This would make the current ARRL    petition for bandwidthDHSW> regulation a loser from the start since its effect    on emcomms was notDHSW> considered or addressed at all in the petition. The ARRL should haveDHSW> at l

[digitalradio] Fw: AMATEUR RADIO GETS FAVORABLE MENTIONS IN FEDERAL KATRINA REPORTS

2006-03-05 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
AMATEUR RADIO GETS FAVORABLE MENTIONS IN FEDERAL KATRINA REPORTSHam radio received positive mentions in post-Katrina reports from the USHouse of Representatives and the White House. References to the AmateurRadio Emergency Service (ARES), the Military Affiliate Radio System (MARS)and the

[digitalradio] AMATEUR RADIO GETS FAVORABLE MENTIONS IN FEDERAL KATRINA REPORTS

2006-03-05 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
AMATEUR RADIO GETS FAVORABLE MENTIONS IN FEDERAL KATRINA REPORTSHam radio received positive mentions in post-Katrina reports from the USHouse of Representatives and the White House. References to the AmateurRadio Emergency Service (ARES), the Military Affiliate Radio System (MARS)and the

Re: Re[2]: [digitalradio] ARRLWeb: Army MARS Implementing Winlink 2000 with Airmail Network

2006-03-04 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
Falvio "Particularly.Emergency Communications" is mentioned in Part 97.1 that you quoted.   But we can argue about the number of angels on the head of a pin all day long...   Realistically the fact that HAM EMCOMM exists and has shown by its exemplary service in disaster after disaster

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Improving the Service/Hobby/Art

2006-03-04 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
Actually if you look as some of the really old histories.. even before 1912 when the US Government first issued call signs, you will find amazing stories of Hams coming to the rescue...so Our Proud EMCOMM history dates from almost the earliest days of Ham Radio _

Re: [digitalradio] Re: ARRLWeb: Army MARS Implementing Winlink 2000 with Airmail Network

2006-03-04 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
would require abrogating ourinternational treaty obligations and isn't likely to happen.  --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "Dr. Howard S. White"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:>> No being training in Legal interpretations...> > But typically whe

Re: [digitalradio] Re: ARRLWeb: Army MARS Implementing Winlink 2000 with Airmail Network

2006-03-04 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
t ARRL petition for bandwidthregulation a loser from the start since its effect on emcomms was notconsidered or addressed at all in the petition.  The ARRL should haveat least mentioned emcomms rather than designing the proposal solelyaround promoting experimentation.  JimWA0LYK---

Re: [digitalradio] ARRLWeb: Army MARS Implementing Winlink 2000 with Airmail Network

2006-03-03 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
bands, thus amateurs and their equipment can be configured and used to support these requirements.   - Original Message ----- From: Dr. Howard S. White To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 11:59 PM Subject: [digital

[digitalradio] ARRLWeb: Army MARS Implementing Winlink 2000 with Airmail Network

2006-03-02 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
This announcement should really stir up some new rantings from the Anti-Everything Forces...   http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2006/03/02/5/?nc=1   Have fun!!! __Howard S. White Ph.D. P. Eng., VE3GFW/K6  ex-AE6SM  KY6LAWebsite: www.ky

Re: [digitalradio] The US Ham radio service

2006-03-01 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
Danny and Mel:   Great work Danny...   and Sorry you have such a jaundiced view of Volunteerism...Hal   Coming from another country (Canada) and living and working in many countries around the world, I saw first hand the amazing power of American Volunteerism compared to having the gove

Re: [digitalradio] The US Ham radio service

2006-03-01 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
dio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:digitalradio@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Dr. Howard S. White Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 1:28 AM To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: Fw: [digitalradio] The US Ham radio service Mel: As one who has lived and worked in your country and enjoyed the

Fw: [digitalradio] The US Ham radio service

2006-03-01 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
Mel:   As one who has lived and worked in your country and enjoyed the gentlemanly civility of UK and European Amateurs I can understand your attitude.  It really was a pleasure using Ham Radio over there.   I do not know if you ever saw the RSGB video on Ham Radio...but their entire EMCOM

Re: [digitalradio] Re: NTS and traffic handling and digital- Sick of Flapping Lips Too....

2006-02-27 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
 Tim:   Thank you for yet again for voicing your usual extremist anti Winlink, anti Bandwidth Regulation, anti ARRL and anti virtually everything else opinions.   Unfortunately we do not live in the idealized dream world that you wish it to be...   With EMCOMM, we have to deal with the real

Re: [digitalradio] Re: NTS and traffic handling and digital

2006-02-25 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
ople in charge of the EOC function in your county or state. I'm sure they appreciate you doing that. tim ab0wrOn Saturday 25 February 2006 12:51, Dr. Howard S. White wrote:> Obviously you are not interested in a simple statement of fact...>> The 2 EOC's were equipe

Re: [digitalradio] Re: NTS and traffic handling and digital

2006-02-25 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
Unpunished""Ham Antennas Save Lives - Katrina, 2003 San Diego Fires, 911" - Original Message - From: doc To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 8:48 AM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: NTS and traffic handling and digital

Re: [digitalradio] Re: NTS and traffic handling and digital

2006-02-24 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
w the band/frequency and that the other EOC had to know that the other was going to switch to Winlink. Sounds sort of strange to me. Guess they used ESP?   Joe IveyW4JSI   Age is mind over matterIf you don't mind, it does not matter     - Original Message -

Re: [digitalradio] Re: NTS and traffic handling and digital

2006-02-24 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
All other Modes (including several Weak Signal Digital modes) Failed to Connect the San Diego EOC to the Imperial County EOC during the SET.    Doc:   You were so hung up in your theoretical analysis that you missed the point   Basically there was no HF/VHF/UHF propagation path direct

Re: [digitalradio] Analog-Digital Emergency Net?

2006-02-24 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
Gee Doc   Wouldn't it just be a lot easier to have regulation by bandwidth like most of the rest of the world and not have to be concerned with regulatory barriers to your net? __Howard S. White Ph.D. P. Eng., VE3GFW/K6  ex-AE6SM 

Re: [digitalradio] Re: NTS and traffic handling and digital

2006-02-22 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
Doc:   It's amazing to me how fast the irrational Winlink Haters crawl out of the woodwork on this reflector   A brief report on the drill is on Page 1 and Page 2 of the San Diego Section ARES Alert   www.qsl.net/sdgarrl/alert0905.pdf   Most of the rest of the documentation is on the S

Re: [digitalradio] Re: NTS and traffic handling and digital

2006-02-22 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
Last August San Diego Section ARES ran a Simulated Emergency Test in San Diego and Imperial County where we simulated the effects of a 7.9 earthquake next door in Imperial County ( a likely scenario) which destroyed most of the local infrasture.   Due to the simulated outages of local infr

Re: [digitalradio] Re: ARRL to file Encryption Petition with the FCC

2006-02-13 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
s for radio's with encryption.However, with homeland security being an important issue, they mayrequire ALL hams to cease using existing equipment on 6m and above andmove to type accepted equipment.  Would this be ok with you since, asyou say, emcomms is the primary purpose of ham radio?

Re: [digitalradio] Trust Me: this is not another rant!

2006-02-12 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
Thank You John for putting it so succinctly   As much as I get sucked in to answering the Anti-Everything Rants...   Bottom Line...   "the rest of the world has already figured it out and is patiently waiting for the USA to catch up"   __

Re: [digitalradio] ARRL to file Encryption Petition with the FCC

2006-02-11 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
Read the 2nd Motion 29 again:   They voted Unanimously to have the the General Counsel, Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President to file a petition"   So they were indeed showing good judgement!   So Tim:   You are free to continue your ANTI-EVERYTHING Rantings... _

Re: [digitalradio] Re: ARRL to file Encryption Petition with the FCC

2006-02-10 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
EMCOMM has always been the first reason for existence of HAM Radio.    Sec. 97.1 Basis and purpose    The rules and regulations in this part are designed to provide an amateur radio service having a fundamental purpose as expressed in the following principles: (a) Recognition and

Re: [digitalradio] ARRL to file Encryption Petition with the FCC

2006-02-10 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
""Ham Antennas Save Lives - Katrina, 2003 San Diego Fires, 911" - Original Message - From: Tim Gorman To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 7:45 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] ARRL to file Encryption Petition with the FCC H

Re: [digitalradio] ARRL to file Encryption Petition with the FCC

2006-02-10 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
Of course, Tim is spreading his usual anti ARRL, Anti Winlink, Anti Change, Anti Internet and Anti Virtually Everything Else missinformation rants to make his point.   The reason that the ARRL BOD voted UNANIMOUSLY to support encryption was due to practical real world experience during the

Re: [digitalradio] The UK Amateur Radio Band Plan

2006-02-07 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
Thanks for sharing your direct experience from UK, Canada and Australia.. on your voluntary bandplans..   I have personally also had direct experience with these plans and found just like you all have found that they work exceedingly well..   And of course, there is no good reason to think

Re: [digitalradio] SubBands (WAS- ARRL proposal removes baud rate limitations on HF)

2006-02-07 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
At our local VEC Meeting we heard that the FCC is rumored to be eliminating the CW barrier in its entirety in the next week...or so... effective about July   So there will be an influx of new General "No Coders'   But do not get your hopes up...   I have been teaching Tech and Gen

Re: [digitalradio] Re: ARRL proposal removes baud rate limitations on HF

2006-02-07 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
Dave:   This is scary... we actually agree...   I even like your wording.. which makes a Heck of a lot of sense...   __Howard S. White Ph.D. P. Eng., VE3GFW/K6  ex-AE6SM  KY6LAWebsite: www.ky6la.com "No Good Deed Goes Unpunished""Ham

Re: [digitalradio] Re: ARRL proposal removes baud rate limitations on HF

2006-02-06 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
Danny:   When SSB first came out.. it was incredibly expensive for us Average Hams...who could not afford let alone dream of a Collins...   But with increased usage.. other manufacturers came into the market with different less expensive designs ... and the rest of us could afford to jump

Re: [digitalradio] Re: ARRL proposal removes baud rate limitations on HF

2006-02-04 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
Artie...   You seem to be making my point...   Instead of being an engineer and concentrating on developing DV technology..  (BTW good luck with your experiments)   You first have to be a lawyer and attempt to decipher arcane regulations to see if your experimentation might even be legal..

Re: [digitalradio] Re: ARRL proposal removes baud rate limitations on HF

2006-02-04 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
Rick   I for one do not love the ARRL plan.. but it is an improvement over the existing limitation on baud rates and mixing of data, voice and image...and it is likely the best we are going to be able to get at this time. __Howard S.

Re: [digitalradio] Re: ARRL proposal removes baud rate limitations on HF

2006-02-04 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
g it to 'contribute to the advancement of the radio art.' On Feb 3, 2006, at 11:48 AM, Dr. Howard S. White wrote: JIm: You have made a very good case as to why we need to experiment and come up with new technologies... Instead of concentrating on all the potential and i

Re: [digitalradio] Re: ARRL proposal removes baud rate limitations on HF

2006-02-03 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
l!  It is not evident to me thatthis will be the case.JimWA0LYK--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "Dr. Howard S. White"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:>> The commercial GSM numbers are not relevant to this discussion ..weare talking about Ham radio which has different design paramet

Re: [digitalradio] Re: ARRL proposal removes baud rate limitations on HF

2006-02-03 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
d be on the HF bands. Perhaps the GSM/TDMA channel bandwidths and capacity would be best.JimWA0LYK--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "Dr. Howard S. White"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:>> Cingular, AT&T use GSM which is a form of TDMA for their CellularSystems.>

Re: [digitalradio] ARRL proposal removes baud rate limitations on HF

2006-02-02 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
Message ----- From: Dr. Howard S. White To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 5:28 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] ARRL proposal removes baud rate limitations on HF Which is why they developed Time Division Multip

Re: [digitalradio] ARRL proposal removes baud rate limitations on HF

2006-02-02 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
- Original Message - From: Tim Gorman To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 12:35 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] ARRL proposal removes baud rate limitations on HF On Thursday 02 February 2006 01:54, Dr. Howard S. White wrote:>> an

Re: [digitalradio] Problem: a (almost) total lack of knowlege.

2006-02-02 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
Graeme   In spite what Tim is wishing for, realistically people have been shutting down packet nodes here in California due to lack of traffic and if it were not for the need to keep the digipeaters on the air to service 2M Winlink for EMCOMM, I suspect that packet would quietly disappear.

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Digital voice on HF

2006-02-02 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
My life experience has been that most people resist change especially when it comes to new technology and more especially when it involves a paradigm shift...I was around for the SSB wars and the FM wars and clearly remember the initial fights with the "old guard" to get them adopted .  Th

Re: [digitalradio] ARRL proposal removes baud rate limitations on HF

2006-02-01 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
Thanks Nino for the idea... That's the kind of imaginative thinking we need in Ham Radio especially if we remove the regulatory shackles from innovators...   and I suspect that several spread spectrum QSO's could share the same bandwidth...   making for much more efficient band utilization

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Digital voice on HF

2006-01-31 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
""Ham Antennas Save Lives - Katrina, 2003 San Diego Fires, 911" - Original Message - From: Tim Gorman To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 4:23 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: Digital voice on HF On Tuesday 31 January 2006

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Digital voice on HF

2006-01-31 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
creaming to accept any change".You might convince more folks to your way of thinking if you wouldaddress some of the economic and technical issues associated withmoving to the "HF Digital Voice" world you espouse.  It would helpexplain WHY folks should spend hard earned mone

Re: [digitalradio] Digital voice on HF

2006-01-30 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
erably more complex.I am certain that Hams and associated business interestsare up to it.  We just need the ARRL and FCC to thinkcarefully before they act and to consult the majorityvs the minority of Hams *prior* to decision making.73, kd4e> Dr. Howard S. White wrote:> DV opens up

Re: [digitalradio] Digital voice on HF

2006-01-30 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
through, they are still making it sound like this problem will not necessarily be corrected. They may still require analog and digital to be kept in separate areas with bandplans. This really concerns me. 73, Rick, KV9U Dr. Howard S. White wrote: > I for one want to start exper

Re: [digitalradio] Re: knock it off "RANT"

2006-01-29 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
incidents of non-compliance within their national borders;  b) producing regular reports that summarise the non-compliances.***************On Sunday 29 January 2006 02:14, Dr. Howard S. White wrote:> Thank You Brad for you usu

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Digital TV (off topic)

2006-01-29 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
Have several wide screen HD TV's... Spent $5,500 for a 51" plasma about 2 years ago.. which I bought online at what was then a good price... By comparison, the latest one was just spent $949 for a 32" LCD at Costco which currently sits over my radio station desk and looks really cool durin

Re: [digitalradio] Re: knock it off "RANT"

2006-01-29 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
Thank You Brad for you usual clear headed analysis of the US situation.   It is indeed a very sad statement about some US hams that they do not trust others to abide by a Gentlemen's agreement and that they believe that very parochial attitudes must apply to the rest of the world who share

Re: [digitalradio] Re: RM-11306 Rant

2006-01-28 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
I for one want to start experimenting with digital voice technologies on HF...  There is a lot of really cool stuff out there to try that could give us 100% voice copy with S/N in the -db ranges.  It would be really cool to copy voice when my CW friends could no longer copy code like we no

Re: [digitalradio] Re: RM-11306 Rant

2006-01-28 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
 John ... Like you I have lived and worked in many countries with voluntary bandplans...   THEY WORK VERY WELL... or I would not be suggesting them...   But us US Hams love to keep our blinkers on and ignore the successes in the rest of the world...   We hate to try anything new.. and just

Re: [digitalradio] RM-11306 Rant

2006-01-27 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
San Diego Fires, 911" - Original Message - From: Tim Gorman To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 4:50 AM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] RM-11306 Rant On Thursday 26 January 2006 23:53, Dr. Howard S. White wrote:> How about the

Re: [digitalradio] Re: RM-11306 Rant

2006-01-27 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
Except we share those same bands with the rest of the world and we will have to live with their regulation by bandwidth even if we do not do it...   So the rest of the world will continue to advance the art of radio and us US hams will be stuck in the 20th century __

Re: [digitalradio] Re: RM-11306 Rant

2006-01-26 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
and, and the RSGB all introduced documents stating otherwise. How long are you going to keep your head in the sand along with the ARRL?tim ab0wrOn Thursday 26 January 2006 20:28, Dr. Howard S. White wrote:> Actually I have had experience with Regulation by Bandwidth in Canada...>

Re: [digitalradio] RM-11306 Rant

2006-01-26 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
M-11306 Rant On Thursday 26 January 2006 00:21, Dr. Howard S. White wrote:> Lost in the rhetoric against Winlinkis the real reason for> RM-11305/6.>> There is a third Camp...those of us who love to experiment [isn't that one> of the reasons for amateur radio]

Re: [digitalradio] Re: RM-11306 Rant

2006-01-26 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
7; that many of see happening if this type ofregulatory scheme is accepted.I wish we were at a sunspot maximum while these arguments were beingmade.  It would give everyone a better view of what can happen!JimWA0LYK--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "Dr. Howard S. White"<[EMAIL PR

Re: [digitalradio] RM-11306 Rant

2006-01-26 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
Lost in the rhetoric against Winlinkis the real reason for RM-11305/6.   There is a third Camp...those of us who love to experiment [isn't that one of the reasons for amateur radio]  who are kept in technology jail by the current outmoded regulation by mode   US Hams are falling

[digitalradio] Tech Classes PowerPoints?

2006-01-16 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
I have been volunteered into teaching several Tech Classes for public service agencies so that they can get their volunteers to become hams.  I have been fortunate enough to have been sent a CD with all the tests, etc   ...BUT.   I am wondering if anyone has already developed some Ama

Re: [digitalradio] Conflict SubBands: Why Olivia 14101-14112kHz USA Automatic Sub-Band?

2005-12-31 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
Bonnie   As usual what you write makes too much sense...   Be sure to put on your asbestos suit   Yes ... we need a world wide bandplan.. without any glacial government regulation...   And most of the world will ultimately go that way...like Canada and Australia   But the USA is a

Re: [digitalradio] Re: NOT RESTRUCTURING. UK bandplan 2006

2005-12-28 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
: [digitalradio] Re: NOT RESTRUCTURING. UK bandplan 2006 Operating PSK on 14071.5 is a violation of the current ARRL HF bandplan. Only RTTY is permitted there.   73,   Dave, AA6YQ--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "Dr. Howard S. White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]...> wrote:>&g

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Bandwith-Based Bandplans in our future (NOT RESTRUCTURING: UK RSGB bandplan 2006

2005-12-28 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
to execute given its poor track record in this area. Is there an alternative NGO that could take on the mission?    73,    Dave, AA6YQ--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "Dr. Howard S. White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]...> wrote:>> So you would accept a

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Bandwith-Based Bandplans in our future (NOT RESTRUCTURING: UK RSGB bandplan 2006

2005-12-28 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
rd is both competent from an allocation perspective and credible from an enforcement perspective.   73,       Dave, AA6YQ--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "Dr. Howard S. White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:>> The point of the UK RSGB pronouncement is that Region I has

Re: [digitalradio] Re: NOT RESTRUCTURING. UK bandplan 2006

2005-12-28 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
vailable for digital mode operation other than RTTY or Packet is 1800 to 1810. Every one of us who operates PSK anywhere other than 1800 to 1810 is in violation of this bandplan.    73,   Dave, AA6YQ   --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "Dr. Howard S. White" <[

Re: [digitalradio] Re: NOT RESTRUCTURING. UK bandplan 2006

2005-12-27 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
I must agree with Brett... Dave... you just don't trust your fellow hams as much as Brett, Bonnie and I do...   I have been a ham for almost 48 years and have lived in and operated from countries all over the world...   I have found Hams to be the most law abiding, anally rule obeying and c

Re: [digitalradio] Bandwith-Based Bandplans in our future (NOT RESTRUCTURING: UK RSGB bandplan 2006

2005-12-27 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
The point of the UK RSGB pronouncement is that Region I has Regulation by Bandwidth and NOT MODE.   Bandplans are VOLUNTARY Bandplans established by the local hams...in this case the RSGB and   NOT BY GOVERNMENT REGULATION...   So when the UK Hams decide that they need to modify the Volunta

Re: [digitalradio] Why is Mix W so popular ?

2005-12-17 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
It just does everything well.. it is very inexpensive.. $50 has all the digital modes and always is adding new ones... so far at no extra cost.. the user groups give great support...there are always new Betas coming out with great new features.. and modes...   It has a great CAT interfa

Re: [digitalradio] Re: How Safe is Amateur Radio

2005-12-01 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
Thank you Dave for your Brilliant Headline:  You have given me a great idea for our antenna fight in San Diego   "Incompetent Politicians Attempting to Destroy Only Emergency Service That Worked"   __Howard S. White Ph.D. P. Eng., VE3G

Re: [digitalradio] How Safe is Amateur Radio

2005-12-01 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
Bob:   You are so incredibly wrong about HF for emergency services I do not know where to begin...   So simply put.KATRINA Hams on HF Saved Lives...   The list is incredibly long...   __Howard S. White Ph.D. P. Eng., VE3GFW/K6 

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Bandwidth and Olivia and DRM

2005-12-01 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
Brad:   Give them a break...   They want the US government looking over their shoulders all the time...   They want to spend their time counting angels on the head of a pin rather than experimenting or operating.   They want rules and regulations to cover every minute permutation and combi

Re: [digitalradio] Bandwidth

2005-12-01 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
esentative of my views and neither do a lot of others. If they were to ever separate QST subscription from ARRL membership their membership would drop even lower.tim ab0wrOn Tuesday 29 November 2005 13:15, Dr. Howard S. White wrote:> I absolutely agree with Rick on this point..

Re: [digitalradio] voluntary band plans

2005-12-01 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
Frankly I have no idea about Region 1 and their compliance after January 1, 2006..   My experience in Canada is that the Voluntary Bandplan works extremely well... with compliance well above 99.9% of the QSO's    From talking to VK's who also have a Voluntary BandPlan... they tell me

Re: [digitalradio] the rest of the world

2005-11-30 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
Bill   As I have long said my ideal model is Canada...where for once the government got it right..   http://www.rac.ca/service/bandplan.htm   Bands are designated by bandwidth.. Amateurs have developed a Voluntary Bandplan   and for the most part it works very well   Take a look at Aust

Re: [digitalradio] the rest of the world

2005-11-30 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
Actually the truth is exactly opposite of what you are saying...   They have a Regulation by Bandwidth and a Voluntary BandPlan   __Howard S. White Ph.D. P. Eng., VE3GFW/K6  ex-AE6SM  KY6LAWebsite: www.ky6la.com "No Good Deed Goes Unpu

Re: [digitalradio] Re: 39 Tone DQPSK - ARQ Modem in PCALE with FT P - (Soundcard)

2005-11-29 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
 Reality Check:   If the Public as serviced by Government Agencies and Non Government Agencies providing Emergency Services are not our "Customers" in an Emergency...   then who are our "Customers"?   How could do you suggest we service the Public if we do not provide the service needed by

Re: [digitalradio] Bandwidth

2005-11-29 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
 The ARRL is The National Organization.. if you do not like it.. join and get elected as a Director and have your say in policy...   How could a "Constitutional Convention" possibly come together in one place to represent the 675,000 US Amateurs?   Such a convention would be physically imp

Re: [digitalradio] Bandwidth

2005-11-29 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
 I absolutely agree with Rick on this point.. the ARRL may not be perfect.. but it is our only national Elected body...   If you do not like their stance on an issue.. become a member... get involved and run for an elected position...   and change their position...   ___

Re: [digitalradio]

2005-11-28 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
res, but the end result seems to be just allowing Hellschreiber and analog SSTV.[1] <http://www.nvbb.net/~jaffejim/n5rfx%20info.htm>[2] <http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/upload_v2.cgi>Leigh / WA5ZNUOn Mon, 28 Nov 2005 1:13 pm, Dr. Howard S. White wrote:> For example the

Re: [digitalradio] Bandwidth

2005-11-28 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
d""Ham Antennas Save Lives - Katrina, 2003 San Diego Fires, 911"     - Original Message - From: Tim Gorman To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 2:08 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Bandwidth On Monday 28 November 2

Re: [digitalradio]

2005-11-28 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
The point being that why do we even need to think about whether a mode is legal or not...   For example the combination of image and data in MFSK is illegal in the USA...   If we had bandwidth only regulation, then all modes and combinations thereof would be legal as long as they fit within

Re: [digitalradio] Bandwidth

2005-11-28 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
of the driver, but of others on the road; passengers, pedestrians etc.  Radio rules are not only for the one user, but for everyone else on the bands as well.  Reduce the rules, and you have the pigs ruling the roost, to mix metaphors.     ----- Original Message - Fr

Re: [digitalradio] Bandwidth and Olivia

2005-11-28 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
Mark:   Very perceptive of you... in the long run, the FCC has a lot of better things to do than spend their limited resources continuing the excessive regulation of the Ham Bands... Removing the Telegraphy licensing barrier and reducing excessive Ham Regulation will go a long way to reduc

Re: [digitalradio] Region 1 Bandplan and ARRL Petition

2005-11-28 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
Mark:   The point is that the Region 1 Plan is a Voluntary Bandplan...   Not fixed in stone with difficult to change government regulation!   Regulation is by bandwidth... NOT Mode...   Which is what the ARRL is attempting to do in a limited way...   __

Re: [digitalradio] Bandwidth and Olivia

2005-11-27 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
Mark:   Thanks for your very lucid summary...   My vote is for the Canadian Model where we set the maximum bandwidth for each band.   I might note that much of the rest of the world is going to this style model...   Even if the ARRL adopts the more restrictive ARRL model ... I predict t

Re: [digitalradio] Bandwidth and Olivia

2005-11-26 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
Kevin:   We in  the USA live in possibly the most restrictive regulatory regime in the World   People like Bonnie have aptly named it "Technology Jail"   For Example:   To develop a new Digital Communications Mechanism... one has to go through all sorts of regulatory hoops.. such as p

Re: [digitalradio] Bandwidth-Based FCC Rules for USA

2005-11-26 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
Thank you Brad for again so eloquently making my point...   As you know we in the USA are very provincial in that we believe that entire planet revolves around us...   People like Dave still think that if the FCC regulates something  those rules that must also apply to the whole planet...

Re: [digitalradio] Bandwidth and Olivia

2005-11-26 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
Thank you Brad for so elequently making my point...   __Howard S. White Ph.D. P. Eng., VE3GFW/K6  ex-AE6SM  KY6LAWebsite: www.ky6la.com "No Good Deed Goes Unpunished""Ham Antennas Save Lives - Katrina, 2003 San Diego Fires, 911" -

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Bandwidth-Based FCC Rules for USA

2005-11-26 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
essage - From: Dave Bernstein To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2005 2:08 AM Subject: [digitalradio] Re: Bandwidth-Based FCC Rules for USA >>>AA6YQ comments below--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "Dr. Howard S. White" &

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Bandwidth-Based FCC Rules for USA

2005-11-25 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
Having worked from countries with and without Bandwidth Restrictions.. I speak from the benefit of operating inside out outside of technologying jail...   Simply put.. our US bandwidth by mode restrictions no longer make sense in the 21st Century...   and have gone a long way to keeping

Re: [digitalradio] Question about HF-email - It works!

2005-06-15 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
Winlink Development Team is currently beta testing SCAMP   which is a Free sound card based ARQ HF mode for Email   that works under Windows and does not require the use of an expensive modem or a TNC.   You can download a beta version at:    ftp://www.winlink.org/help/SCAMP/   and you c

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Winlink Scanning

2005-04-20 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
A Couple of Comments:   1.    My 6 SSB Channels equivalency assumed equal distribution of traffic over the 24 hours of the day... in the real world, traffic tends to cluster around the hours when people are awake so more peak bandwidth is needed.   2.    Your encouragement of the transist

Re: [digitalradio] Emergency Communications: was Win Link

2005-04-13 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
printing.  I haven't decided whether it will be FNpack compatible;  I'd like it to be.On 2005-04-12 23:39, Dr. Howard S. White wrote:> Buddy:>>> The 2003 San Diego Cedar Fires ...>The K3UK DIGITAL MODES SPOTTING CLUSTER AT telnet://208.15.25.196/

Re: [digitalradio] Emergency Communications: was Win Link

2005-04-13 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
her VHF bands yes, but digital, no.   Buddy WB4M All outgoing emails scanned with Norton's Anti-virus. - Original Message - From: Dr. Howard S. White To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 2:39 AM

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Win Link

2005-04-12 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
Buddy:   See my post on the San Diego 2003 Cedar Fires...18 months ago..   Hams definitely saved the day     How about 9/11...   Hams were there as communicators when all the other systems failed..   The list is updated daily   __

[digitalradio] Emergency Communications: was Win Link

2005-04-12 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
Buddy:     You don't have to go so far as India... How about something closer to home... like San Diego     The 2003 San Diego Cedar Fires     Most people are unaware that during the recent 2003 Cedar Fires which so devastated San Diego that Land Lines Telephones failed due to dow

Re: [digitalradio] Microham USB Microkeyer

2005-04-12 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
Buy a RigExpert.. It has a built in sound card and works much better than the internal sound cards   __Howard S. White Ph.D. P. Eng., VE3GFW/K6  ex-AE6SM  KY6LA"No Good Deed Goes Unpunished"Formerly "Awfully Extremely Six Sado Masochis

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Advice to the Winlink team

2005-04-12 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
ount the QRM it causes to others. SCAMP might be slower than Pactor, but it is fast enough to do the job, and eliminates the QRM.   73,   Dave, AA6YQ--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "Dr. Howard S. White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> Dave:> > You are getting

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Advice to the Winlink team

2005-04-12 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
choose a protocol that QRMs ongoing QSOs over one that is slower but doesn't QRM ongoing QSOs?    73,   Dave, AA6YQ--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "Dr. Howard S. White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]...> wrote:> Dave:> > In my dreams the answer is yes.  

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Advice to the Winlink team

2005-04-11 Thread Dr. Howard S. White
Dave:   In my dreams the answer is yes.      Rick who is writing the SCAMP code says that Pactor 3 is very good...and would be hard to beat...    I,  personally, would love it if SCAMP could replace PACTOR   ... but unfortunately, the real world creeps into my dreams..   we just have

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