And they used to say that CW was the most efficient communications mode. That is, until PSK31 came around and blew it away.
I believe that there are already some examples of speech to text over the radio with text to speech that work over weak signals. Add a little spread spectrum, ALE, propagation predictors, and a computer and some great sounding digital voice probably isn't that far away. Take a look at DRM who is already doing it at a commercial broadcast level. Since DRM exists and is in use, then I guess the Digital Voice (music) on HF HAS caught on. Ed WA4YIH From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of john_ke5c Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 4:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: Explain this to me (Was News on IC-9100) US Audience Digital voice on HF will NEVER catch on because it is a strong signal mode, and HF is the home of weak signals, well except for 80 meters.
