I've read lots of posts on the various digital modes available to ARO's. There are so many aspects to this debate its hard to keep it all straight. To name some of them:
1) Interesting and fun to experiment with
2) Results tradeoff: bandwidth, intelligibility, reliability, interoperability
3) Proprietary systems - are they appropriate for amateur radio?
4) Follow the money - who has the most to gain/lose?
5) Cost of implementing each system into the radio and into the repeaters
6) Analog compatibility
I'm sure there are other areas I forgot, but things are getting very complex while everyone is duking it out.
It makes sense to embrace any new mode because of its technical superiority, i.e. more reliable communication under adverse conditions, and a realistic cost/benefit tradeoff. I have no interest in making amateur radio all about "going green". It really is not an issue of sustainable resources.
Can someone suggest some reading material that illustrates the advantages and disadvantages of the various digital voice modes minus the politics? Remember the hype promoting digital modes for cell phones? It was going to be all about voice fidelity. We know that was very sneaky. Digital cell is all about cramming more customers into a smaller bandwidth - not a bad thing, but it was at the expense of understandable audio.
FF
1) Interesting and fun to experiment with
2) Results tradeoff: bandwidth, intelligibility, reliability, interoperability
3) Proprietary systems - are they appropriate for amateur radio?
4) Follow the money - who has the most to gain/lose?
5) Cost of implementing each system into the radio and into the repeaters
6) Analog compatibility
I'm sure there are other areas I forgot, but things are getting very complex while everyone is duking it out.
It makes sense to embrace any new mode because of its technical superiority, i.e. more reliable communication under adverse conditions, and a realistic cost/benefit tradeoff. I have no interest in making amateur radio all about "going green". It really is not an issue of sustainable resources.
Can someone suggest some reading material that illustrates the advantages and disadvantages of the various digital voice modes minus the politics? Remember the hype promoting digital modes for cell phones? It was going to be all about voice fidelity. We know that was very sneaky. Digital cell is all about cramming more customers into a smaller bandwidth - not a bad thing, but it was at the expense of understandable audio.
FF
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