Hi Mooneer: All of the nets that I participate in regularly are weekly, so that does seem like a good cadence. Having someone to talk to helps a lot when trying to generate knowledge/interest. You probably need that to build community and momentum around any new mode.
But I also know that people are busy and keeping the net control job staffed can be challenging. That’s what makes the W1AW bulletin (and similar) concept appealing - it’s automated. Contesting is another good way to generate activity. Also, Field Day is coming up in the US. Is there a multiplier for digital phone? :-) Bruce KC1FSZ > On May 7, 2024, at 1:08 PM, Mooneer Salem <moon...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Bruce, > > Speaking of W1AW, do you think that something even more frequent than the > existing Activity Day event would be useful? (For example, a weekly net or > other meetup (e.g. on Zoom) that lasts an hour or two.) I know that the HF > D-Star people do that every weekend and cycle through each of the HF bands to > see what works best for people on that particular day. > > Thanks, > > -Mooneer K6AQ > > On Tue, May 7, 2024 at 7:22 AM Bruce MacKinnon <br...@mackinnon.com > <mailto:br...@mackinnon.com>> wrote: >> Hi Mooneer: >> >> I find the activity days to be very helpful. I am working on my own >> implementation of the CODECs and modems. This work is made much easier (and >> more satisfying) when you have real activity impacted by real noise to test >> receivers/decoders. Having a time/place where there is a higher probability >> of hearing a transmission is nice. >> >> This analogy isn’t perfect, but something to consider. In the US we have >> the daily W1AW bulletins in a variety of modes (CW, RTTY, PSK31, MFSK16, >> etc.) on a lot of bands. This is a great resource for people >> learning/testing the modes that are supported. I’m not trying to be negative >> about these modes, but they aren’t exactly the leading edge of the radio >> hobby. It would be very cool if there were similar scheduled bulletins >> using a wider range of modern modulations/encodings for people who are >> developing systems. >> >> Other similarly useful resources: WWV for testing AM receivers on HF, >> *ECHOTEST* on the EchoLink system and PARROT on the DMR system. >> >> Bruce KC1FSZ >> >> > On May 6, 2024, at 9:02 PM, Mooneer Salem <moon...@gmail.com >> > <mailto:moon...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> > >> > Hi all, >> > >> > I wanted to get some feedback about our current monthly Activity Day >> > weekend events: >> > >> > 1. Are they helpful at all for encouraging your own usage of FreeDV? >> > 2. Are there any changes you'd like for them? (i.e. changing how often >> > they occur) >> > >> > Thanks, >> > >> > -Mooneer K6AQ >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Freetel-codec2 mailing list >> > Freetel-codec2@lists.sourceforge.net >> > <mailto:Freetel-codec2@lists.sourceforge.net> >> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freetel-codec2 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Freetel-codec2 mailing list >> Freetel-codec2@lists.sourceforge.net >> <mailto:Freetel-codec2@lists.sourceforge.net> >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freetel-codec2 > _______________________________________________ > Freetel-codec2 mailing list > Freetel-codec2@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freetel-codec2
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