[Elecraft] K3 Digital Voice Mode - our future?

[Robert Nobis]

Take a look at the digital voice modes that are being used on the VHF and UHF bands: DMR, D-STAR and Fusion.


Bob Nobis - N7RJN
n7rjn at nobis.net


> On Sep 17, 2015, at 17:49, Richard Fjeld <rpfjeld at outlook.com> wrote:
> 
> I was in to freeDV a year or two ago, and it has a long way to go. Still, it did work.
> 
> I'm told the bandwidth has increased since then from 1200 hertz to 1600 hertz at present, which will be an improvement.
> At 1200 hertz, voices sounded robotic in nature.  it lost sync often which may, or may not, have been due to the compression.
> 
> I haven't heard of the FCC's having ruled on it's mode and/or where if permitted.  I haven't been keeping up with it either.
> 
> Dick, n0ce
> 
> 
> On 9/17/2015 1:00 PM, ae4pb at carolinaheli.com wrote:
>> I'm wondering since Digital voice is replacing FM around the world how hard
>> it would be to add another mode to the K3S? I'm not even sure what the
>> standards are but one country just set the date to get rid of FM permanently
>> and switch to DV.
>> 
>> Jerry Moore
>> AE4PB, K3S - S.N. 10324
>> 
>> 
> 
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