Re: [digitalradio] Re: Report of the ARRL Ad Hoc HF Digital Committee Dissenting

2007-03-26 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Bill Vodall WA7NWP wrote: This would still be a good solution. 1/3 the band for narrow museum modes. 1/3 for voice modes and 1/3 for modern progressive modes with no rules or bandwidth limits and let technology rule. 73 Bill - WA7NWP I am confused. What is a narrow museum mode? PSK31?

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Report of the ARRL Ad Hoc HF Digital Committee Dissenting

2007-03-26 Thread Roger J. Buffington
Bill Vodall WA7NWP wrote: There was no detection available when the rules were implemented (1995?). That is the reason for the automatic areas. It was primarily intended for fully automatic stations, such as the Winlink system (perhaps the is still true for the NTS/D system which

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Report of the ARRL Ad Hoc HF Digital Committee Dissenting

2007-03-26 Thread Walt DuBose
Dave, In the ARRL's defense, when they looked at WinLink at their Board Meeting, there was nothing else on the technology front that could do what WinLink was doing. And until PSKMail came out, there WAS NOTHING to equal WinLink. So if everyone hates WinLink, why don't we see hundreds of

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Report of the ARRL Ad Hoc HF Digital Committee Dissenting

2007-03-26 Thread Danny Douglas
Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: Report of the ARRL Ad Hoc HF Digital Committee Dissenting Dave,

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Report of the ARRL Ad Hoc HF Digital Committee Dissenting

2007-03-26 Thread John Becker
At 11:42 PM 3/25/2007 Dave, AA6YQ wrote: Personally, I'd give them a 3 KHz segment on 20m, Easy, Dave your hatred is showing once again. But in truth this really would be like giving the PSK guys point three KC of the band. Either way it just ain't going to work and Ray Charles could see

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Report of the ARRL Ad Hoc HF Digital Committee Dissenting

2007-03-26 Thread Mark Miller
The root cause of the complaints can be traced to the way that Pactor III was introduced to the amateur bands. Most hams today consider the appropriate bandwidth of a signal in the RTTY/Data subbands to be 500 Hz. Wider bandwidth modes have been tolerated, but they typically are limited to

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Report of the ARRL Ad Hoc HF Digital Committee Dissenting

2007-03-26 Thread kv9u
There is a fairly significant difference between PSKmail and Winlink2000. Assuming that an individual even supports the concept of internet connections via radio, it would be nearly impossible to substitute one system for the other and have a similar outcome. PSKmail: ultra narrow bandwidth

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Report of the ARRL Ad Hoc HF Digital Committee Dissenting

2007-03-26 Thread Darrel Smith
Using Per's Live-CD it is possible to run pskmail without affecting your MS machine and you get a chance to enjoy the one of the recent Linux Distros. Maybe after trying the disk you will think about dumping MS altogether. Darrel VE7CUS PSKmail: ultra narrow bandwidth (with current

[digitalradio] Re: Report of the ARRL Ad Hoc HF Digital Committee Dissenting

2007-03-26 Thread Dave Bernstein
That's not a competent defense, Walt. The fact that WinLink's functionality is unique does not diminish the QRM that WinLink generates. Rather than confront this head on -- perhaps by confining WinLink PMBOs to a small number of narrow band segments until busy frequency detection was

[digitalradio] Re: Report of the ARRL Ad Hoc HF Digital Committee Dissenting

2007-03-26 Thread Dave Bernstein
My disdain is for a shoddy implementation that transmits on frequencies without first verifying that they are clear, John. Compared with the alternative, which is to shut them down until they comply with 97.101 like everyone else, 3 KHz on 14 MHz is pretty generous. 73, Dave, AA6YQ

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Report of the ARRL Ad Hoc HF Digital Committee Dissenting

2007-03-26 Thread Jose A. Amador
Dave Bernstein wrote: the hidden transmitter effect is a myth, Have you already programmed a cyberionosphere responding to your wishes? C'mon! Be realistic. Jose, CO2JA __ V Conferencia Internacional de Energía Renovable, Ahorro de Energía y

[digitalradio] Re: Report of the ARRL Ad Hoc HF Digital Committee Dissenting

2007-03-26 Thread Dave Bernstein
I don't understand your response at all, Jose. I was citing examples from WinLink's disinformation campaign. Their claim that the hidden transmitter effect is a myth was made on this very reflector; we can find it if its important to you. No, I don't have code that controls ionospheric

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Report of the ARRL Ad Hoc HF Digital Committee Dissenting

2007-03-25 Thread John Champa
: [digitalradio] Re: Report of the ARRL Ad Hoc HF Digital Committee Dissenting Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 19:15:01 -0700 I don't believe anyone with the power to change the system is 'working on the problem'. The honest fact is that they believe the HF portion of the Winlink 2000 PMBO would cease

RE: [digitalradio] Re: Report of the ARRL Ad Hoc HF Digital Committee Dissenting

2007-03-25 Thread John Champa
Follows From: Dave Bernstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: [digitalradio] Re: Report of the ARRL Ad Hoc HF Digital Committee Dissenting Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 22:26:15 - AA6YQ comments below --- In digitalradio

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Report of the ARRL Ad Hoc HF Digital Committee Dissenting

2007-03-25 Thread kv9u
If this is true, wouldn't it be a major reversal from past FCC recommendations? My understanding was that some time back (decade or so) the FCC wanted to regulate by bandwidth, rather than mode, and the ARRL strongly opposed it at that time and the idea was dropped. 73, Rick, KV9U John

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Report of the ARRL Ad Hoc HF Digital Committee Dissenting

2007-03-25 Thread kv9u
Leigh, Within the automatic sub bands, they would not have to have any detection and would still be legal. When the rules were drawn up, the technology had not been invented to have busy frequency detection, at least not for amateur radio. But that all changed a couple years ago when Rick,

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Report of the ARRL Ad Hoc HF Digital Committee Dissenting

2007-03-25 Thread Danny Douglas
/DXandTalk - Original Message - From: kv9u [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2007 10:03 AM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: Report of the ARRL Ad Hoc HF Digital Committee Dissenting Leigh, Within the automatic sub bands, they would not have

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Report of the ARRL Ad Hoc HF Digital Committee Dissenting

2007-03-25 Thread kv9u
There was no detection available when the rules were implemented (1995?). That is the reason for the automatic areas. It was primarily intended for fully automatic stations, such as the Winlink system (perhaps the is still true for the NTS/D system which continues to use the old Winlink

[digitalradio] Re: Report of the ARRL Ad Hoc HF Digital Committee Dissenting

2007-03-25 Thread Dave Bernstein
AA6YQ comments below --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, John Champa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dave, Again, these are all good points, and I will forward them onto my Director. However, I don't think there are any satisfactory answers to the issues. Please explain why enforcing §97.101

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Report of the ARRL Ad Hoc HF Digital Committee Dissenting

2007-03-25 Thread kd4e
Each time a WinLink PMBO transmits on a frequency that's already in use, its operator is violating §97.101. The interference is not malicious, but it is clearly willful. We need to ask the FCC for more aggressive enforcement. An announcement from the ARRL stating that they will not

[digitalradio] Re: Report of the ARRL Ad Hoc HF Digital Committee Dissenting

2007-03-25 Thread Dave Bernstein
The ARRL's explicit endorsement of WinLink has made it easy for the WinLink organization to ignore the egregious defect in their implementation. Convincing the ARRL to take a constructive stand on QRM from semi-automatic stations would be a more appropriate first step than calling in the FCC

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Report of the ARRL Ad Hoc HF Digital Committee Dissenting

2007-03-25 Thread Bill Vodall WA7NWP
There was no detection available when the rules were implemented (1995?). That is the reason for the automatic areas. It was primarily intended for fully automatic stations, such as the Winlink system (perhaps the is still true for the NTS/D system which continues to use the old Winlink

[digitalradio] Re: Report of the ARRL Ad Hoc HF Digital Committee Dissenting

2007-03-25 Thread Dave Bernstein
AA6YQ comments below --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Bill Vodall WA7NWP [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip This would still be a good solution. 1/3 the band for narrow museum modes. 1/3 for voice modes and 1/3 for modern progressive modes with no rules or bandwidth limits and let technology

RE: [digitalradio] Re: Report of the ARRL Ad Hoc HF Digital Committee Dissenting Recommendation

2007-03-24 Thread John Champa
of the ARRL Ad Hoc HF Digital Committee Dissenting Recommendation Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 00:51:39 - AA6YQ comments below --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, John Champa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1. Not the attorney, silly! I had to pay my attorney when I was forced to take legal action

RE: [digitalradio] Re: Report of the ARRL Ad Hoc HF Digital Committee Dissenting

2007-03-24 Thread John Champa
know anyway (HI). 73, John K8OCL Original Message Follows From: John Champa [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [digitalradio] Re: Report of the ARRL Ad Hoc HF Digital Committee Dissenting Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 15:13:31

[digitalradio] Re: Report of the ARRL Ad Hoc HF Digital Committee Dissenting

2007-03-24 Thread Dave Bernstein
AA6YQ comments below --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, John Champa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Dave's No. 1: Obviously, as he knows, Chris Imlay is a paid employee. He puts in more time than his pay demands, but he is paid. To lay this all on him is wrong, though. I know of 19 people

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Report of the ARRL Ad Hoc HF Digital Committee Dissenting

2007-03-24 Thread Leigh L Klotz, Jr.
I join the voices of the many who call for the release of source code for this busy detection and any patents under royalty-free license. If SCAMP's busy detector, for example, were to be released now, it would show goodwill, and would also spur innovation. Closed and unreleased, it fuels

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Report of the ARRL Ad Hoc HF Digital Committee Dissenting

2007-03-24 Thread kv9u
The discussion of automatic signal detection and not transmitting on a busy frequency has been a major item of discussion in the past day on one of the Winlink 2000 groups and the impression that I got from the main spokesperson/owner was that if they had to follow busy detection rules,

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Report of the ARRL Ad Hoc HF Digital Committee Dissenting

2007-03-24 Thread Danny Douglas
card. moderator [EMAIL PROTECTED] moderator http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DXandTalk - Original Message - From: kv9u [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 8:48 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: Report of the ARRL Ad Hoc HF Digital Committee

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Report of the ARRL Ad Hoc HF Digital Committee Dissenting

2007-03-24 Thread list email filter
I don't believe anyone with the power to change the system is 'working on the problem'. The honest fact is that they believe the HF portion of the Winlink 2000 PMBO would cease to function if they implemented frequency in use signal detection, and a process to avoid the hidden transmitter

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Report of the ARRL Ad Hoc HF Digital Committee Dissenting

2007-03-24 Thread Leigh L Klotz, Jr.
Well, then it's true. They don't care about the law. Leigh/WA5ZNU On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 5:49 pm, kv9u wrote: The discussion of automatic signal detection and not transmitting on a busy frequency has been a major item of discussion in the past day on one of the Winlink 2000 groups and the

[digitalradio] Re: Report of the ARRL Ad Hoc HF Digital Committee Dissenting

2007-03-24 Thread Dave Bernstein
I am not privy to the PMBO code, but I would be extremely surprised if Active busy detection would stop all PMBO operations. All that is required is for a PMBO in its idle state to not respond to an incoming user request if the busy detector output was positive anytime during the last X

[digitalradio] Re: Report of the ARRL Ad Hoc HF Digital Committee Dissenting Recommendation

2007-03-23 Thread cesco12342000
The only other known use for voice-bandwidth data modes is for image transfers, which can send an SSTV-size picture, with a very low error rate, in 30 seconds, using a bandwidth of 2400 Hz. the same image, at the same low error rate, can be sent in less than 2 minutes, using a bandwidth

[digitalradio] Re: Report of the ARRL Ad Hoc HF Digital Committee Dissenting Recommendation

2007-03-23 Thread Dave Bernstein
1. The folks at Booth, Freret, Imlay Tepper are unpaid volunteers? 2. One way to avoid such errors is to openly seeking broad review beforehand; defects are less expensive (time, $) to correct sooner than later. The ARRL does a lot of things well, and deserve the appropriate accolades.

RE: [digitalradio] Re: Report of the ARRL Ad Hoc HF Digital Committee Dissenting Recommendation

2007-03-23 Thread John Champa
of the ARRL Ad Hoc HF Digital Committee Dissenting Recommendation Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:22:11 - 1. The folks at Booth, Freret, Imlay Tepper are unpaid volunteers? 2. One way to avoid such errors is to openly seeking broad review beforehand; defects are less expensive (time, $) to correct

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Report of the ARRL Ad Hoc HF Digital Committee Dissenting Recommendation

2007-03-23 Thread Andrew O'Brien
: Report of the ARRL Ad Hoc HF Digital Committee Dissenting Recommendation Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:22:11 - 1. The folks at Booth, Freret, Imlay Tepper are unpaid volunteers? 2. One way to avoid such errors is to openly seeking broad review beforehand; defects are less expensive (time

[digitalradio] Re: Report of the ARRL Ad Hoc HF Digital Committee Dissenting Recommendation

2007-03-23 Thread Dave Bernstein
AA6YQ comments below --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, John Champa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1. Not the attorney, silly! I had to pay my attorney when I was forced to take legal action against other Radio Amateurs, but it was my unpaid volunteer efforts he was defending. Are we in an adult