Computers are not radios even when they are being used for communications.. Heres the test: Follow the RF! If you are using a wireless connection to a network with a computer then you are back to being on the radio. Is that RF in an amateur band... NO!... Thus it is still NOT amateur radio.
BUT MORE IMPORTANT.. It is in no way something wrong. A DV Dongle is a valuable test tool for this new digital mode. It adds a lot to our lives and we need to embrace the technology and use it as an adjunct just remember that it removes some of the challenge of real radio - RF.... Thanks Joe / W8SS / Mesh Engineering / 810-629-5500 AKA: Dr. Joe Mesh, D.M.D., C.A.G.S. (Prosthodontics) from beautiful downtown HELL, Michigan Always available at: [email protected] ............................................................................ ............ See us on the Web at: drsmesh.com PLEASE NOTE: HIPAA compliance statement of 04/14/2003: "Electronic mail is not secure, may not be read every day, and should not be used for urgent or sensitive issues" From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gary Pearce KN4AQ Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 9:22 AM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: DV dongle QSO ham radio? We embrace new modes? At 07:46 AM 3/27/2010, Bill Jourdain wrote: Back when ham radio was only CW operation did they ask the question whether voice communication was really ham radio? I doubt it because new modes and methods of operation came from the spirit of the hobby to experiment and communicate. Each new mode and method of communication was embraced by the worldwide ham community as a new way to enjoy and meet the challenges of the hobby. Actually, it was mostly the opposite. In the evolution from spark to digital, initially only a few hams embraced the new modes. The majority pretty much ignored them (though eventually adopting some of them), and a very vocal minority decried them as "the end of amateur radio." AM phone was blistered in the letters and opinion columns of QST (no skill required, too much bandwidth). Sideband got a similar reception (Donald-Duck talk, too expensive). Even our holy grail, CW, was castigated by the hams who loved King Spark. It may seem counter-intuitive, but ham radio has only a small progressive component. Most hams evolve slowly (no corporate budgets for replacing technology). And some get stuck in "the way it was when I got in is the way it always was and the way it should always be." 73, Gary KN4AQ ARVN: Amateur Radio//Video News Gary Pearce KN4AQ 508 Spencer Crest Ct. Cary, NC 27513 [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> 919-380-9944 www.ARVideoNews.com <http://www.arvideonews.com/>
