... At this stage an amateur who is interested in digital voice is at risk of having no one to talk to unless he or she finds out what is in use locally before acquiring a rig, and would still face the same risk when traveling.
The opportunity for digital voice to progress more along the lines of digital data is offered by the Codec2 Project, an unincorporated international Open Source project to produce a low-bandwidth digital voice codec. In awarding the 2012 ARRL Technical Innovation Award to David Rowe, VK5DGR, one of the principal developers engaged in the Codec2 Project, the ARRL Board of Directors observed that "the open-source nature of this work is a major step forward in the development of digital voice communications." Further advancements in Amateur Radio digital communications are as welcome as they are inevitable. They are deserving of our continued support. But, let's make sure we will still be able to talk to one another.If you note our recent FCC filing <http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/view?id=7022090358>, it uses the same language in Paragraph 9: /The Codec2 Project is an unincorporated international Open Source project to produce a low-//bandwidth digital voice codec for use in Amateur Radio communication./
I brought our filing to the attention of ARRL General Counsel Chris Imlay, and Imlay promised to pass it on the the appropriate people. At least Sumner, and probably others in ARRL, have read the at least part of it.
Unfortunately, ARRL didn't write a supporting comment but we'll see what they do in the future. ARRL was badly flamed by their own membership after they requested that FCC go to bandwidth-based regulation in 2004, and they withdrew their request - the first time in history they'd done that. It's unclear how much support they could lend us in the face of this previous incident, but this editorial indicates they're getting the message.
Thanks
Bruce
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