Simon, Yes that will be very interesting to see. My only thought about such a system is the complexity & cost level for the average ham. Many of us on here lament about people not using RS ID or not being interested enough to try some of the more exotic modes. I don't see this ever significantly changing. For most digimode ops PSK31 & RTTY are all that are important - just witness RTTY contests and the activity around 14.070.
We talk about ultimate solutions but realistically this will only be a solution for a small percentage of highly technical amateurs. To state it slightly differently: For most ops the ultimate solution has already been invented namely PSK31. We are rapidly discussing & developing technologies that are going to bypass a very high proportion of amateurs and to what end? To talk to the same small bunch of guys using a different complex mode each time? Whatever your thoughts about the ROS modem it did capture a lot of interest (and still does) because it was extremely simple to operate (therefore understandable for the average ham) and gave a "reward" in the form of a confirmation email from a distant land. Actually the same essential qualities that appealed to most of us when we first got into ham radio. CW was simple to operate and we looked forward to the QSL card. I'm not suggesting we abandon attempts like Simon's, far from it, but we might be deluding ourselves if we think an "ultimate solution" is either necessary or gained through ever more complex technology. 73 Sholto --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "Simon HB9DRV" <simon.br...@...> wrote: > > I think I'm working on the 'ultimate solution' here - a SDR radio and RSID > decoder where the RSID decoder analyses between 11.025 and 88.2kHz of > bandwidth. > > I already have a digital decoder built into the console, the RSID will then > alert me and with one click I'll be decoding it. > > Next year I hope to have a SDR receiver which delivers 30Mhz of bandwidth so > I can monitor the entire shortwave (or just Ham bands) for RSID & other > interesting transmissions. > > Simon Brown, HB9DRV > http://sdr-radio.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:digitalra...@yahoogroups.com] > > > > My idea was just simple prog to run in parallel to any sound card program. > > It's purpose would be to clue you in on what exotic modes you were > > hearing. It would then be up the op to decide what program to use. If > > you're already using DM780,FLDigi or MultiPSK then there would be no need > > for it at all. > > >
