John Smith wrote:
Carl:

Exactly, why would arrl back such a system?

SOUNDS like a good system. Sounds modern and up to date.

Amateur radio should not allow any PROPRIETARY hardware/software to become
a standard.

Agreed.

We are not about supporting monopolies, we are about the free
experimentation, development, testing, construction, use, etc. of equip.
and methods/protocols, even that equipment encompassed by the homebrewer.

We need some more linux people in amateur radio for the software and more
computer hardware people for the hardware...

Here is a cool Linux thing for Hams:

http://hamshack-hack.sourceforge.net/

It is a hack of the Knoppix Linux distribution. Lots of Ham radio
goodies. Make a disk image, and you can boot your computer up in Linux.
then switch back to Windoze. Works prefect on my desktop 8^), but needs
a few tweaks on my Laptop.

- Mike KB3EIA -