What I found even more interesting than the article on QRZ was the comments on
it. To a T everyone commented that it was good that WINLINK2000 was now
being used on MARS freqs instead of the amateur bands.
Not having much experience with Pactor and WL2K, I wasn't aware that there were
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Subject: Re: [digitalradio] MARS WinLink in Tennessee Storms
What I found even more interesting than the article on QRZ was the comments
on it. To a T everyone commented
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Subject: Re: [digitalradio] MARS WinLink in Tennessee Storms
What I found even more
interesting than the article on QRZ was the comments on it. To a T
everyone commented that it was good that WINLINK2000 was now being used on MARS
freqs instead of the amateur bands
Jeff,
Pactor and Pactor 2 both fit fairly well in a 500 Hz bandwidth. When
Pactor stations first connect (P, P2, or P3), they must be in the lowest
common denominator of Pactor. The machines negotiate with each other and
if it is determined that there is a P2 or a P3 station on both sides,
I am also concerned with the expensive proprietary
nature of the Pactor modes and the standardization on
it by the WL2K proponents.
Many ham PMBOs don't accept stations using Pactor 1.
Now, MARS is becoming less friendly to Pactor 1 users
as well.
Hams need to develop a BETTER replacement for
I am not completely sure of David's point, other than MARS is a Military
sponsored and channelized system intended for specific purposes which
are very different from amateur radio. As a Navy MARS op (N0YUI, now a
reissued ham call) in the mid 1960's and in the 1980's, as an AF MARS op
Rick,
Do you really mean that anyone should be able to use whatever they
want? Are you really suggesting that fast scan, wideband TV should be
allowed on 20 meters? What about wideband FM?
Seems to me that bandwidth and co channel interference need to be
restricted, otherwise we will have
Dave,
First of all, I will be the first to admit that I'm not up on all the
latest technology.
BUT, I have felt for a long time (34 years to be exact), that the heyday
of amateur radio emergency communications is long past.
If we look back to the 1930's and so, radio communications was rare
Hi Ken,
The equipment obviously needs to meet the rules of the sub band they are
operating in. For example, you can not operate phone modes in the
RTTY/Data sub bands. You can not operate RTTY/Data in the
phone/image/fax portions of the bands.
And you can not operate wide bandwidth modes such
