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Dee Flint wrote:
... You are overlooking the digital modes already available, for example, SSTV and Fax for images. Although not fast, how many pictures of the same item do you really need immediately for example? It is not going to be a hardship if it takes a couple of minutes for the image to transfer rather than a couple of seconds. Text data (documents, instructions, directions, etc) are easily handled by error correcting modes now available. Granted these modes aren't used much but all the sender and recipient have to do is agree on which mode. Yes, like the "Model A" built by Ford, time to move up to new standards! Surely time for the "Model B" anyway! Depends on how hard up for power you are. In some cases, no problem. In other cases, power will be so limited that you would only send the most urgent of messages. Well if you are that hardup for power, you darn well are NOT going to let some waste it hammering out CW for EXTENDED periods of time, transmitting data at LOW speeds or attempting to use voice and wasting BOTH time AND power! There are tools that will meet these needs today. They are not as fast as you would like them to be but they do work. There are still horses around but I'd rather drive a car ... To shape the future, we need to understand the abilities of the present. I'd suggest getting out there and working SSTV (ATV on UHF), To shape the future we need progressive people to deal with it, the old, the lame, the outdated, the slow, etc. must be moved aside. However, when it comes to "antique people" they can be quite stubborn and difficult to move aside! Gentle force must be applied ... One can't just wave a magic wand and say "let it be so." No, and we are working on the changes ... well, some are just arguing that all is impossible, not worth doing, or is a waste of time ... but what doesn't have its' "Nay Sayers?" The future comes ... today it seems one day closer ... JS |
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