Hi Bruce,
I'm not fully sure re: Field Day but based on the rules and how FreeDV has
traditionally been classified in the past, I'd suspect it's treated the
same as regular SSB voice for scoring purposes.
As for net control, given that band conditions on any particular day can
make it so that a c
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 p
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 th
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 high
