Subj : Re: Packet Radio
To   : Andre
From : SetiOp
Date : Fri Jan 22 2021 12:41:37

 An> The nostalgia is briefly interesting, but then people move on. The only
 An> reason APRS is so popular is because it's built in to radios and takes
 An> zero effort to setup. On the other hand, packet radio is a absolute
 An> nightmare just to get the hardware/radio working right, even more so to

Yes I agree with you. There are enough of us still interested to build a
network, but it does need to have a new twist to keep people interested.
Packet has always seemed a bit complicated to me and it didn't seem to evolve
like other technology, maybe because of the limitations on VHF radio
bandwidth.

 An> There just isn't any benefit or usefulness to packet radio anymore...

I would agree partially with that. The same could be said for phone modes as
well now that we have cell phone technology. It isn't really a fault of the
technology as much as what we choose to do with it. APRS is a good example.


Scott VE3CGN

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