On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 16:16:26 -0000, Jim Jarvis wrote:
>If you look out 10-12 years, and could say that amateurs would be
>able to work DX 24/7 without regard to the ionosphere, and without
>regard to stability of the national or local power grids...and
>to do so from apartments and restricted communities, and portable/
>mobile stations with relative ease, I would argue THAT has value,
>both in the sense of community, of public-disaster comm's, and in the
>technical component of station assembly.
That's one area where we part company, Jim. The ability to "work DX
24/7" is not confined to ham radio; existing commercial satellite
technology already does that via radio and the internet does it via
landline. To me, working the other side of the world via satellite has
all the thrill of a phone call. Doing it on 10 meters with 10 watts and
a dipole however... Quite different.
> There is still plenty of bandwidth at 5GHz for both commercial
>wireless apps and amateur activities. Huge amounts of bandwidth, in
>fact.
Ok, I'll take your word for that.
--
Bill, W6WRT
QSLs via LoTW
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