An interesting idea would be trying a FreeDV QSO via satellite. I've made a few QSOs with it on HF and it's an interesting mode.
Obviously it's full duty-cycle, so any attempts should be limited to just a few tests, but I'm sure it would work.
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 6:52 AM, Gordon JC Pearce gordonjcp@gjcp.netwrote:
On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 11:34:58AM +0000, Rob wrote:
It would benefit the amateur community more to get support behind NON-PROPRIETARY OPEN PROTOCOLS and SYSTEMS like FreeDV, Speex and Codec2.
Why subject yourself to the "AMBE TAX" ???
Furthermore, if I want to use digital voice to talk to someone on the other side of the world, instead of buying an expensive DStar rig and hoping that the cobbled-together infrastructure holds up I'll just whip out my phone and enjoy the greater clarity and reliability of GSM.
I just don't see why having a locked-down proprietary system like DStar is good. You might as well just use Skype, or mobile phones, or CB.
-- Gordonjcp MM0YEQ
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