an_old_friend wrote:


K4YZ wrote:

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Digital voice is an acceptable ham radio topic, Mark. We may use it
some day. And in it's present form, it isn't terribly applicable to Ham
radio. The present systems available for us to use do sound very nice,
giving "FM-like quality" (note that means quality akin to 2 meter FM,
not Broadcast radio) with no noise. That part is good. But there are
some nasty flaws, such as having to essentially have a "sked" in order
to use it. If you don't catch the transmission from the beginning, you
don't catch the transmission. There are no particular BW advantages either.

Comparisons with the outside world and what they do and use are
instructive, and in the end, on-topic.

- Mike KB3EIA -