Dee:

Wide band FM is much more than enough band width--it can be done with
some success on narrow band...

.... even the ancient terminology "mode" is disgusting to a real
engineer--hams need to get with it and realize these are "protocols"...
ham radio is beginning to look like a bunch of would be "Egyptian
priests" attempting control though ignorance generated by specialized
terminology...


John

"Dee Flint" wrote in message
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"John Smith" wrote in message
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Dee:

Certainly everyone over 50 needs to step back and let the younger men
have a go--we are stagnated right now--I won't argue that point--it
is MUCH too obvious...


What is obvious is that the younger people are inexperienced. You
fail to realize that we need people of ALL ages involved and each
contributes to the benefit of amateur radio (or any other activity for
that matter).

And since there is no limit on the number of hams, there is nothing
stopping the younger men from getting in and developing what they wish
within the technical limitations of the medium (i.e. HF cannot support
ultrawide modes without causing detrimental effects on the number of
people who can use the bands simultaneously).

What "modes" are you using? I am using a 56k modem my son modified
to modulate a transmitter... any other person able to interface an
old 56k modem to their computer can get the data... now a nice 10mbs
per second mode would be nice, where is some cheap equipment?


You do realize that a 56k modem is no use on HF. There isn't enough
bandwidth and the FCC rightly limits the speed of the digital modes.
As to what I've worked, I used to do RTTY, Amtor, packet, and some
others. All were deadly boring. I've put the equipment away to free
up desk space.

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE