> Should I be prevented from using CW on the phone band to QSO with > a friend who is running SSB? How many have operated a voice > net where an operator checks in on CW because they can't talk? > > Walt/K5YFW
That happens all the time on the international HFpack/HFLINK multi-mode nets. The weak portables and mobiles often use CW when the going gets rough, while most of the other ops listen to their CW, but transmit back on SSB voice. ALE and Digital Voice are often mixed in, too. We would certainly be using some type of text chat mode on that same channel with our voice nets---our european net members have already been doing that with AMD/8FSK-DTM/ARQ/PSK---but our USA net members are still locked out from fluid chat due to FCC's content/mode restrictions, left over from the mid-20th century era of radio. Bonnie KQ6XA 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
