Mark wrote:
You know what the trouble is with us amateurs is ?

We are stuck in the analogue age... We should all be using digital
communications by now..

Wasn't there a time when amateurs were ahead of commercial design?

Now all we do is complain when the commercial world brings out new
technology that
causes a problem with our old technology.

Look at the big picture people... We are still using analogue
communications..
Blimey , even my home phone is digital. My CD player is digital, my TV is
digital.

That's my 2 pence worth ( about 4 cents... )


There are some serious limitations to digital voice comms that make it
not work so well for our purposes. Bandwidth issues, believe it or not.

Another problem I note is that I was reading a review of a unit that
will interface between the microphone and xciever. I was reading along
with interest - it sounded pretty good - then at the end of the article
they note that you have to receive the whole transmission, or you
receive nothing. No tuning across the bands looking for a signal.
Perhaps the ARS should be channelized like CB?

Comparisons with cell phones are amusing because the quality of those
little POC's is by and large unacceptable IMO. "Can you hear me now?" 8^)