Other folks would say "I just don't understand anyone would spend
thousand of dollars on radios, antennas, computers and other related
hardware just to exchange signal reports with someone you could more
easily talk to on Skype".
Other than keeping it non-commerical, we should avoid any attempt to
legislate content.
73,
Dave, AA6YQ
--- In [email protected], "Joe Ivey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Guys,
>
> Like I have said before, the only way to solve this is to designate
a certain portion on each band just for this type of communications.
>
> I just don't understand anyone would spend thousand of dollars on
radios, antennas, computers and other related hardware just to pass
email.
>
> Joe
> W4JSI
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: jgorman01
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 6:07 PM
> Subject: [digitalradio] Re: Busy detector
>
>
> Ask yourself why scamp died. Do you really think the winlink users
> who have spent a thousand dollars or more on pactor modems are
going
> to relish throwing that investment away because the winlink
admin's
> have decided to go to a soundcard mode?
>
> Jim
> WA0LYK
>
> --- In [email protected], "Dave Bernstein" <aa6yq@>
wrote:
> >
> > I have been lobbying the WinLink team to do this for years,
without
> > success. You are more than welcome to try, Jose.
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Dave, AA6YQ
> >
> > --- In [email protected], "Jose A. Amador" <amador@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Dave Bernstein wrote:
> > >
> > > > As is often the case in engineering, Jose, perfect is the
enemy
> > of
> > > > good. What Rick KN6KB discovered while developing SCAMP's
busy
> > > > detector was that he could detect CW, PSK, Pactor, and SSB
at an
> > ~80%
> > > > confidence level without enormous difficulty. SCAMP beta
testers
> > were
> > > > amazed by the effectiveness of this first iteration.
> > > >
> > > > Pushing the confidence level from 80% to 100%, however,
would
> > take
> > > > years -- if its even possible. But a busy detector that
works 80%
> > of
> > > > the time would cut QRM from unattended automated stations
(like
> > > > WinLink PMBOs) by a factor of 5!
> > > >
> > > > Your comment that "many think it is simpler than it really
is to
> > do
> > > > it WELL" is frankly moot; Rick demonstrated two years ago
that
> > useful
> > > > busy frequency detection was implementable on a PC and
soundcard.
> > > >
> > > > 73,
> > > >
> > > > Dave, AA6YQ
> > >
> > > I understand that 80% is fairly good. Hope the long standing
> > > anti-automatic stations lobby sees it as acceptable as well.
> > >
> > > What is seemingly left, then, is to simply push the busy
detector
> > into
> > > practice and 24/7 service.
> > >
> > > Who will get the task done?
> > >
> > > 73, Jose
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > __________________________________________
> > >
> > > V Conferencia Internacional de Energía Renovable, Ahorro de
Energía
> > y Educación Energética.
> > > 22 al 25 de mayo de 2007
> > > Palacio de las Convenciones, Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba
> > > http://www.cujae.edu.cu/eventos/cier
> > >
> >
>
