[Elecraft] Free DV (digital voice as reported in QST-April issue)

[ab2tc]

Hi,

Is this mode perrmitted on the suggested frequency, 14236? According to the
FCC US band plan this is in the "phone" band where CW, "phone" and "image"
is permitted. I have never seen a precise definition of "phone" but take it
to be either AM or SSB. Same for "image" but I am sure the original
intention was analog SSTV. Currently there is a lot of digital image
transfer going on at 14233 but I question the legality of that, too.  I am
concerned with the creepage into our phone bands of wide digital modes with
their raw audio when tuning in SSB mode. The occupants of these frequencies
are also typically very protective of "their" frequencies and tend to be
intolerant of "intruders".

AB2TC - Knut


Chris Schrecengost wrote
> I read that same article and am interested in trying it out. I haven't
> seen
> any activity yet on the 20m frequency listed on the FreeDV website. I'll
> keep an eye out for something happening. I hope the article might get some
> others interested.
> 
> I saw that the FreeDV site has a nice video for Windows users on the
> set-up.
> 
> http://freedv.org/tiki-index.php?page=Video+Microsoft+Windows+Quick+Start+Guide
> 
> There is a "QSO  Finder" online to try to encourage people to use the
> mode:
> 
> qso.k7ve.org
> 
> Chris
> AB3QV
> <snip>





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