Hi Andy, my name is Dave and my call is W8RIT. I do not know of any recent
advances in technology regarding public service V/UHF scanning. The most recent
upgrade in this area is relatively old, approx 5 years or so. This is the APCO
Project-25 digital format.
It is used pretty extensively here
that giving spectrum slices to groupings of
digi modes can be beneficial to users. I would like it to be recommended more
as a gentleman's agreement, rather than set in stone that ONLY those modes can
and should be operated there. A general guideline rather than a law.
73 de W8RIT Dave
I'd like to say that I can't agree with Danny's comments any more.
I compare it to this:
Imagine a DX station @ one end of a football field with the rest of us trying
to work him at the other end by yelling our callsigns. The DX is able to able
to pick out a callsign and work them. Suddenly, one
Dave W8RIT
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, expeditionradio expeditionra...@...
wrote:
All contesters and DX pileup participants
should use busy detectors! This is quite
evident since it has been proven that such
types of operation are the source of 99% of
harmful interference
Hi Andy,
There is a local ham radio club (USECA http://www.usecaarc.com in my area
that has a Digi Nite every week. They operate on 145.520 (1 MHz lower than 2M
FM calling) @ 7PM. It is not a net but just a group of hams operating in any
digital mode they want. Some of the reasoning behind
