On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 13:12:11 -0700, "John Smith"
wrote:

David:

Oh, you missed my meaning...

I mean casual chat chans, dating chans, "verbal newsgroups" (with data too), etc, etc...

There is a bit of technology already on amateur radio which is sufficient to get it all up and running, it is the methods of use which require the first upgrades...

John

"David" wrote in message ...
On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 12:43:24 -0700, "John Smith"
wrote:

lsmyer:

As usual, a model for amateur radio has already been established. As soon as it dawns upon the citizens there, they will be able to implement those models, and yes, once again, claim to have "developed them."

"The model?", you ask. Why it is the internet. Already there, the citizens are not slaving under any un-workable equip., software, methods, or conditions. Now, a work-a-like only needs to be setup and established for amateur radio.

John

"lsmyer" wrote in message ...
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory...inment/3277086

Interesting article about High Definition radio. The article ends with the
following quote: "...eventually, stations will broadcast only digitally --
Stearn says that point probably won't be reached for 15 years -- and every
radio you now own will become a useless relic that you'll try to unload on
eBay."

Before you start selling all your analog radios, please understand that the
speaker of the quote was Vicki Stearn, a spokesman for iBiquity, whose
future depends upon HD radio becoming popular.

My guess is that analog radio will outlive iBiquity.


Amateurs are free to use digital methods are they not?

Packet radio is pretty digital.