Roger J. Buffington wrote:
>
> John Becker wrote:
> >
> > At 09:03 PM 3/7/2007, you wrote in part:
> >
> > > The cw,rtty, data subbands are considered narrow mode,
> >
> > This is really good to know. It should put a stop to all the
> > complaining that has been going on about the RTTY AMTOR and PACTOR
> > signals on the bands. I just love it when we all can just get
> > along....
> I have never heard anyone complain about Amtor or RTTY, because these
> stations are manned by human beings. The Pactor stations for the most
> part are simply unattended mailboxes used by boaters and RVers for cheap
> remote internet access. Not really even ham radio.
>
> .
Does that mean that, back when there were packet BBS's up and
running, they weren't ham radio either?
Since really, the functions provided are exactly the same; People
sending text messages to each other from widely dispersed geographic
locations. There certainly isn't any "internet access" as people
commonly use the term.
- Rich
