If the ARRL wants to start another fire storm push that 100 khz wide on 6 and 2 meters stuff again ....
There is lots of unused space starting at 219mhz I have been on 220 since 1974 and it sits empty EVEN on FM there are only 7 stations in tampabay. DIGITAL would be a asset to us if they can fill 1.25 meters ... --- "John B. Stephensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > PC-based modems have allowed room for > experimentation. The limitation is that most radios > only provide a 2.5 kHz wide bandpass for the modem > to use. They should allow software to use the widest > bandpass available: 12 kHz on HF, 20 kHz on VHF (100 > kHz if FCC rules are changed) and at least 1 MHz on > UHF. > > 73, > > John > KD6OZH > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Steve > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2007 15:02 UTC > Subject: [digitalradio] Re: A Beginner's Look at > Ham Radio's Digital Future with Jeff Reinhart, AA6JR > > > --- In [email protected], Rick > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <snip> > > Where he is on target is the need to develop > standards. If each digital > > protocol can not communicate with other similar > digital modes, then it > > will be hard not to have separate islands of > activity. > > > > I appreciated his comment that during > emergencies, simple works best. > > I agree, standards are big issue. No one wants to > buy a new expensive > radio, to only see it not compatible with another > manufactures > competing product. > > D-Star fortunately seems to have this, at least an > open protocol. I > do with there was more user end flexibility with > selection of codec's > and such. That would allow easier integration, > even more so if the > codec and bitrate, was able to be established > dynamically. > > I guess my beef is they didn't allow much user end > room for > experimentation. I don't just want to press the > PTT and talk, I'd > like to be able see what else I can do with it. > But short of major > surgery and some PIC knowledge for most that will > never happen. > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7
