Hello all, It misses the most dynamic Ham for promotion of digital modes: Andy (K3UK).
73 Patrick Selon Andy obrien <[email protected]>: > Digital Ham of The Year : Patrick F6CTE. Tremendous innovations is > his software "Multipsk" in the past year. Patrick listens well, he is > open to new ideas, and very talented in taking new ideas and making > them work. The SDR capabilities already in Multipsk could be the way > of the new decade. > > > Best New Software: SDR-Console by Simon Brown HB9DRV. Just arrived > in time for a new decade. Has taken SDR software to a new level. > Still very early in development and missing some digital mode decoding > integration, but what is already there is amazing. Matched with DM780 > in 2010.... look out. > > Best Logging Software: DX Keeper by Dave AA6YQ, again ! > > Biggest Surprise Of The Year: > 1. RMS Express. A very nicely designed application with much promise > for 2010 in the emcomm world. While Winmor was highly anticipated on > 2009, the total RMS Package is the suprise. Combines Telnet and > Winmor messaging with a useful mail client. > > 2. Increase in Olivia activity. Was almost dead but made a comeback in 2009 > . > > 3. Decline of MFSK16, has taken Olivia's place on the digital death bed. > > 4. A new release of WSJT . Improvements have made my Bozo's Guide obsolete. > > > > Organization of the Year: WPA-NBEMS ( http://wpanbems.org/ ) WPA > ARES . Via a well structured and polite approach to digital > communication for Emcomm, they have succeeded in doing what many > thought was impossible.... moved FM bound voice-repeater anchored > RACES/ARES groups in to the modern age. Have also convinced the world > that there is more to emcomm than packet! Their weekly digital > practice nets are a model for all to follow. > > Innovators of the Year: Fldigi team: WRAP and FLICS added to > FLDIGI/NBEMS have made this package an absolute must for emcomm hams. > FLdigi has continued to develop way beyond a mere multimode > application. > > The Picasso Award: Simon Brown HB9DRV . Two year in a row, but this > year for SDR-Console stunningly useful AND looks GREAT. > > Best Digital Mode Website : PSKreporter by Philip Gladstone... Google > maps with Grey Line overlay. LOTW and eQSL alerts, view any mode, etc > , etc. The most useful website anyone looking for QSOs. Now being > "served" by DM780, Multipsk, and Fldigi. > > > > Oddest "Mode" in 2009: Text messaging in Multipsk . OMG ! > > Wishes Come True Award: PSKMAIL for Windows. Nice to see Windows > PSKMAIL client, a very useful application for emcomm and travelling > hams. This was on the list of "needs inventing in 2009". > > Needs Inventing in 2010 > > 1. New codec for FDMDV, still ! > 2. Softrock kits that actually exist. > 3. Macro Zapper. Built in to all apps, declines to allow use of more > than three macros in any one digital QSO! Disables transmit for one > hour if you actually use the macro that counts how many DominoEx QSOs > you have had on 12 meters! > > > Most Anticipated Event in 2010: > > 1. Release of revised/upgraded PC-ALE . Some really cool stuff > planned for what already is quite a remarkable application.. > > 2. Non-beta release of JT65-HF by Joe W6CQZ. The alpha-beta versions > demonstrated this application to be the easiest way to get on the air > with the most robust digital mode. > > > The awards are based on the suggestions of the 3000+ membership of > digitalradio and determined by Andy K3UK (because he knows best ). > > > Andy K3UK > > > ------------------------------------ > > Suggested frequencies for calling CQ with experimental digital modes = > 3584,10147, 14074 USB on your dial plus 1000Hz on waterfall. > > Announce your digital presence via our Interactive Sked Pages at > http://www.obriensweb.com/sked > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
