While there's no doubt that fast data would help Winlink, there are at least
two other groups that perceive a benefit:
1. Emcomm folks chimed in during the initial comment period on
interoperability grounds. For example, MARS now almost exclusively uses an
older MIL-STD mode that is 2.8kHz wide and works very well at speeds faster
than US amateurs are authorized for; the change is partly for performance
reasons, and partly because the mode is copyable on "green radios" unlike most
amateur modes.
2. Don't I remember seeing a couple of mode variations in fldigi that aren't
legal on HF in the US due to symbol rate issues? I can see some folks getting
excited about experimenting with fast, narrow data...and I think one or two of
them chimed in during the first comment period.
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Michael Adams | mda@n1en.org
-----Original Message-----
From: RTTY [mailto:rtty-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jeff AC0C
Sent: Monday, 8 August, 2016 12:38
To: RTTY@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [RTTY] If you care about CW and RTTY - time is of the essence
Maybe it's my paranoia or imagination, but it seems to me that guys supporting
11708 are generally very careful to avoid saying "it would be a huge boom for
email-via-HF!"
The fact is the R&D for weak signal or low power work is all narrow band.
The drivers for something wider outside of the voice segment seems only to be
Pactor-4 and it's hand-in-hand use as a higher speed enabler to more
email-via-HF on the bands.
73/jeff/ac0c
www.ac0c.com
alpha-charlie-zero-charlie
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