Here you go ..... 145.670 mhz --- On Thu, 7/1/10, nhorv <[email protected]> wrote:
From: nhorv <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Proposal for a DStar experiment. To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, July 1, 2010, 11:52 AM Would that be the same frequency Nationwide?? ? Nick, KJ4BSM So. Carolina. -------Original Message----- -- From: David Webb Date: 7/1/2010 10:56:52 AM To: dstar_digital@ yahoogroups. com Subject: Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Proposal for a DStar experiment. Sounds like an interesting and fun idea, you can count me in. Dave - KB1PVH On Thu Jul 1st, 2010 8:12 AM EDT htwrobel wrote: >DStar is a really terrific new technology for the ham community. The >innovative use of gateways and reflectors has made possible an easy, >convenient wide area network where hams from around the country (and the >world) can talk. I love the mode, but I have been wondering why the >simplex side has been largely ignored. > > >Given the high audio quality and somewhat improved range over >traditional FM in the VFH / UHF bands I wonder what might be >accomplished in a purely simplex manner. Given the recent awareness of >the possibility of cyber attacks on the internet, or the possibility of >solar events damaging the network infrastructure I wondered what DStar >might offer as a partial solution. > > > >As test of the capabilities of DStar I have wondered if it would be >possible to pass a message from corner-to-corner across the country, say >from Boston to San Deigo. Some folks say it can't be done, some think it >might work. I would like to try. > > > >I envision something like the 'wave' at a stadium. (remember the RADIO >RELAY part of ARRL?) Everyone gets a chance to play. > > > >Here is the outline of the proposed experiment. > > > >On a selected date, with lots of advance notice, a message will be sent >from a Boston station operating on the local simplex frequency. That >message would then be passed to as many other stations as possible. > > > >The rules are really pretty simple – pass the message via simplex to >any station south and/or west of your own position. Basically we need >to contact stations with a grid square lower than our own, or a local >station in the same grid that is south and west. > > > >I propose that the experiment be conducted on some convenient day – >like Sunday morning, with a two to three hour window in the local time >zone. > > > >The message exchange will simple be the (short) message, callsign, and >gridsquare. The submitted QSl data should include the time and >frequency as well. > > > >If we can collect all the QSL info from each operator we could look for >all sorts of interesting data like longest single hop, most messages >sent, most messages received, highest miles-per-hour, fewest hops per >mile, activity by state and probably a bunch more. I would love to >crunch the data and make it available to the Dstar community. > > > >I have a lot of questions so I'm looking for any suggestions or help the >group can provide. Some questions are: > > > >1. When is the best time to try such an experiment? > >2. Would it make sense to try it more than once, maybe every two months, >maybe alternating direction? > >3. What to do when the chain is broken? This is a big one since it >wouldn't be much fun the have half the country waiting for a new station >to fill in a blank space. I'm really stumped by this one. Is there some >sensible way to start a new message on the far side of a broken chain? I >suspect someone in our group has the answer. > >4. How to report contacts to some central site. I'm sure the contest >folks know exactly how to do this, but I really don't know the mechanics >of collecting QSL data. > > > >Anyway, I hope this might start some discussion that can get the >experiment launched. > > > >Thanks & 73 > > > >Ted W1GRI > > > > > > >
