Subj : Re: Packet Radio
To   : SetiOp
From : Vk3jed
Date : Sun Jan 24 2021 08:22:00

-=> On 01-22-21 12:41, SetiOp wrote to Andre <=-

 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

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

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

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

Maybe packet of the future needs to leverage modern SDR hardware, and ditch the
limitations of VHF voice radios altogether?  Could start playing on 70cm.  This
might also help improve SDR software, which often lacks poor integration with
legacy systems - for example, try building a SDR based repeater or linking a
SDR transceiver to something like Echolink, without jumping through a heap of
hoops.

No reason the system can't be capable of being run in voice mode or data - it
would be SOFTWARE defined radio, afterall. :)


.... NEW!  John Bobbitt doll.  Some disassembly required.
=== MultiMail/Win v0.52
--- SBBSecho 3.10-Linux
 * Origin: Freeway BBS Bendigo,Australia freeway.apana.org.au (21:1/109)

.