[Elecraft] K3 Digital Voice Mode - our future?

[Richard Fjeld]

FreeDV does not require a repeater.


On 9/17/2015 8:03 PM, Robert Nobis wrote:
> Take a look at the digital voice modes that are being used on the VHF and UHF bands: DMR, D-STAR and Fusion.
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> Bob Nobis - N7RJN
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>> On Sep 17, 2015, at 17:49, Richard Fjeld <rpfjeld at outlook.com> wrote:
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>> I was in to freeDV a year or two ago, and it has a long way to go. Still, it did work.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> Dick, n0ce
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>> 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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