Danny, Not just for text messages....think multimedia: pics, still and motion. Sound - high quality. etc. Kids don't understand a phone that doesn't take pics, and soon has an MP3 player built-in too (HI).
73, John - K8OCL ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Danny Douglas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [email protected] To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: USA: No Advanced Digital HF Data Comms Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 21:37:59 -0500 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. moderator [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- 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/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.430 / Virus Database: 268.15.6/566 - Release Date: 12/3/2006 4:36 PM
