Hi John, WINMOR is an open protocol, therefore it is up to the developers as to what they want to use it for. I personally prefer open protocols because of this, but far be it for me to tell others how they can or can not use a given protocol.
The current developers have designed the protocol to compete with Pactor modes. Preliminary information says that it will outperform Pactor, and be fairly competitive with Pactor 2, although at a much wider bandwidth, similar to Pactor 3. Unlike Pactor, WINMOR will have the ability to work within 200 Hz, 500 Hz, and ~ 2000 Hz bandwidths so that it can be used within the IARU band plans. And unlike Pactor 2 and 3, the modes are not including PSK100. We know that PSK modes are susceptible to ionospheric instabilities, particularly if they do not have training pulses. If you have looked at the very interesting mode specifications, WINMOR may have some of this newer technology. I have never seen any tests from SCS as to how much ISI/multipath or Doppler the Pactor modes can tolerate, but I suspect not very much. (Dr. Rink claimed some years ago that it could handle most paths well enough with their DSP, but I suspect that there are cases where the signal strengths are good but Pactor can not work and yet other modes can. As it progresses over the years, there is no reason that WINMOR can not be constantly improved. Unlike a proprietary lock in with a hardware/firmware system, it would be possible to update to newer modes just by downloading new free software. In fact, I would expect that to happen. While I don't see hams using it for casual chatting, but it could be done similar to how we used to use Amtor and even Pactor in the "old days," HI. What I would like to see is the ability to have a superior ARQ sound card mode that can scale speed up or down to meet conditions and do this automatically without user intervention. Since one of my interests is pubic service, if peer to peer connections were designed into the software, you would be able to connect to another station under varying conditions and communicate directly from keyboard and send files as needed. Ability to connect to an e-mail server may be useful, however the first two needs must be met to be of value for local and regional digital communication. And that is something we don't have available to us at the moment. 73, Rick, KV9U John Becker, WØJAB wrote: > Rick > I feel you think that winmor was intended to be a chat mode. > It was not and is not nor a replacement for pactor. > > John > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Announce your digital presence via our Interactive Sked Pages at > http://www.obriensweb.com/sked > > Recommended digital mode software: Winwarbler, FLDIGI, DM780, or Multipsk > Logging Software: DXKeeper or Ham Radio Deluxe. > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.12.10/2088 - Release Date: 04/30/09 > 06:01:00 > >
