[RTTY] ARRL Bandwidth Proposal - FCC Invites Comments

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

> From: Bill Coleman
>
> On Jan 14, 2006, at 1:04 PM, Bill Turner wrote:
>
> > A question for the gentleman who wanted all digimode software to be
> > "freely available":
>
> That won't fly. It's the PROTOCOLS that need to be freely available.
> They need to be published and available to anyone who wants to
> implement.
>

No ... protocols do not do a bit of good if a vast majority of amateurs
are not software developers with access to many thousands of dollars
in development tools.  With analog protocols (voice, CW and even RTTY)
building a relatively simple direct conversion receiver (or PTT TU)
would enable any amateur to demodulate and decode any signal he could
hear.  That is not possible with many of the new digital systems.

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV