Doc, I would like to operate no differently than the SSTV folks currently do. Just like what MARS has done and maybe still does. This would not take a major restructuring of the bands/bandwidths. Just allow any mode to operate in the current voice area or at the very least, in a small area.
And like you say, you could then meet someone on voice and try many different modes. I honestly believe that this would have helped others see the value of digital modes. As it is now, I have not been able to find any hams within a 100 miles of my QTH who even want to try digital modes and part of it is that they are not set up for it or feel uncomfortable with having to learn something new. 73, Rick, KV9U doc wrote: > Is it your perspective that a single HF Net frequency > combining multiple modes is preferred or a set of > frequencies close by each using a specified mode? > > I am thinking through my experience with Nets and > one major problem, other than Lids tuning up on freq., > is congestion. > > Perhaps trying to manage multiple modes on the same > freq for a Net or emergency comms is a bad idea. > > (This does not stand as an argument for any mode > anywhere or for chopping up the spectrum into tiny > CB-like channels for competing modes -- mode competition > is best resolved via required busy-mode detection and > aggressive enforcement of anti-QRM regs.) > > There would be a central voice calling freq. (during > propagation-challenged periods also monitoring a second > freq. for a couple of different weak-signal effective > digital modes). > > Voice-cw-digital-sstv would all be used in parallel. > > No single mode is the best mode for all purposes all > the time! > > This would not require major changes to band plans, > other than establishing the cluster of freqs reserved > for emergency comms during declared emergencies and > for testing and training on a weekly basis. > > This would equip the EOC's to take advantage of the > strengths of each of the modes rather than trying to > force one or the other to do its best and to also > try to do what it is not designed for. > > WDYT? > > 73, doc kd4e Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ DigiPol: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digipol (band plan policy discussion) Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
