I still dont understand why everyone seems to think we need multi gigibit
bandwidth to allow people to talk to each other. I would almost bet there are
less than a handfull of folk on here that type over 70 words per minute. Why
do we need anything faster than that, to interested kids? Most on here, cannot
type faster than most digital circuits already run, and even if you can - can
you think of enough, fast enough, to fill up a transmission any faster than 70
or 80 wpm? Kids in chat rooms seem to do just fine with even slow internet
connectivity. We already have voice point to point, rtty point to point etc.
What more do we really need? I havent talked to the international space
station, mainly because I havent spent the time to find out where and when, on
passes near me.
Yes, kids are spoiled. They can go to the computer and talk to almost any
country in the world, with a touch or two of a key. THAT is NOT magic to them
- its expected. The magic is showing them how to do it without wires.
Danny Douglas N7DC
ex WN5QMX ET2US WA5UKR ET3USA
SV0WPP VS6DD N7DC/YV5 G5CTB all
DX 2-6 years each
.
QSL LOTW-buro- direct
As courtesty I upload to eQSL but if you
use that - also pls upload to LOTW
or hard card.
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----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Hatzakis Jr MD
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 12:40 PM
Subject: RE: [digitalradio] Re: USA: No Advanced Digital HF Data Comms
Hmmm, interesting. on the question of "What would have to change to make
what we do (Amateur Radio - digital)
interesting and relevant to the typical Jr High School computer hobbiest?"
1.. HF bandwidth limitations make digital HF too slow for the average Jr Hi
limited attention span
2.. And. if they can't talk to all their friends
3.. .and it's not cool (or whatever the current expression of being widely
socially acceptable), ie., "ohhh dad, that is so strange sitting behind that
radio with those strange sounds all by yourself"
4.. . and it has a perception of something you have to do by yourself
5.. .and it isn't X-Box
High school and Junior HS kids interested in HF will be very few.
I think ARISS had it right on. Bring to mainstream. Bring it to school.
Make it cool. Get all kids & teachers talking about it. That is my belief how
we get kids interested in HF/VHF digital and other forms of communication. I
wonder if anyone tested the number of hams that came out of schools that had an
ARISS visit.
My $0.02.
Michael K3MH
FYI: http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Bill Vodall WA7NWP
Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 9:11 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: USA: No Advanced Digital HF Data Comms
> I will also ask the question again:
>
> If we had the ability to send high speed digital data on HF, what would
> we be sending to each other that we don't do now?
Anything. Everything. There's no 'technical' reason we don't do
everything on HF. Discussion groups like this, pictures, favorite
songs, audio/video snapshots.
WL2K is right in one sense that it's good to offload as much as
possible to the Internet as soon as possible. On the other hand, the
"Land Line Lid" folks were right that putting traffic to the Internet
stifles innovation and technology.
My stock question again:
What would have to change to make what we do (Amateur Radio - digital)
interesting and relevant to the typical Jr High School computer
hobbiest? We can talk forever about A1C's and X0Z's but in 10 or 20
years it's going to be that Jr Hi generation that's doing what ever
is being done.
73
Bill - WA7NWP
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