[TenTec] Emergency Networks

[Brian Carling]

Stuart makes very good points.

Calling to order pizza on 2m being allowed was one foolishness, but allowing unattended digi garbage that transmits without listening first, and/or is unattended, makes for a far greater foolishness.

Best regards - Bry Carling



> On May 22, 2014, at 8:21 PM, Phil Sussman <psussman at pactor.com> wrote:
> 
> Stuart,
> 
> According to the response to the "digital users will have to listen", please
> refer to the response filed by APRS. (see the ARRL FAQ)
> 
> In short "monitoring is impractical to listen for all other modes and due to
> the 'short duration' of APRS digital transmissions, it is cost prohibitive
> and not actually necessary."
> 
> 73 de Phil - N8PS
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Quoting Stuart Rohre <rohre at arlut.utexas.edu>:
> 
>> Actually Broadband Ham Net has nothing to do with the symbol rate change that is proposed by FCC and was backed by ARRL.  ARRL was trying to do away with artificial baud rate limits which make packet less useful than more modern digital programs.
>> 
>> The League overlooked the potential problem of allowing SSB bandwidth digital formats below the traditional digital band parts at top end of CW low-in-the-band operations.  Rather, they were not seeking to assign a band plan; but RTTY and CW fans have quickly rallied to protest any blanket approval of wider modes on top of CW.  Technically, you can operate CW anywhere in the band. In reality, if digital modes come on and operate without listening to see if a frequency is clear of ANY mode already in progress, CW operation or RTTY, would be untenable.
>> 
>> The CW and RTTY low end of the bands crowd have the attention of the ARRL Board now, and the Board hopefully will come up with a co- existence plan
>> Such that CW / RTTY and other low power modes won't be displaced by modes having a SSB bandwidth.  And digital users will have to listen for other modes before transmitting.
>> 
>> Stuart Rohre
>> K5KVH
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