Topband: The use of digital modes on 160 metres

[Tom W8JI]

> Just to underline Tom's comments, see the following paper
>
> http://www.sm2cew.com/Digital%20communications%20using%20minimal%20transfer.pdf
>

Jan,

That report is amazing and disturbing at the same time. It appears we now 
have a system that pre-establishes the callsigns and QSO information, cannot 
actually decode the information without the data being pre-established, and 
we now have stooped to a level where we claim this allows valid contacts.

Why would the ARRL or anyone else want or accept QSO's via that mode, when 
minimal information was not actually being transferred?

73 Tom