[FADCA] Lost another one to Dia Tec!

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Hi Chuck,  Amen to that!!!  However, I think it may be more of a statement 
of politics in the Ocala area.  I hope I misjudge that, but if not it might 
be better to move on to a BETTER site.  Let's use the event to make 
progress.  Thanks,
                                                                73, Ed
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chuck Hast" <wchast at gmail.com>
To: "Florida Amateur Digital Communication Association" 
<fadca at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 12:26 AM
Subject: Re: [FADCA] Lost another one to Dia Tec!


> On Apr 7, 2005 7:11 PM, Russell Oder <oderr at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>> Thinking again, Mike I am working on the combined voice and 9600 bps 
>> packet
>> repeater.  I have a digital regenerator and am working with KF4MX in St.
>> Augustine to set up my 2 meter and 440 repeaters to handle both data and
>> voice.  As we get them on the air, I will keep you up to date.  It really 
>> is
>> not an either/or situation.
>>
>
> Sorry about that msg that had no text from me in it... Hit the wrong 
> button.
>
> Russ, the combined voice/packet repeater is a very good use of resources.
> We have talked it over a bit, I do not understand why it is not done more
> often. There are loads of repeaters out there that set idle for most of 
> the
> day and could be used to pass data, indeed some of that data could be
> of use to the voice users.
>
> By using PL you can control when data can be sent and give voice priority
> over voice, I have done such systems for the commercial world now for
> many years and it can work quite well. Using 9k6 even when the users
> do hear a data burst it just sounds like a soft open squelch since it is
> usually only run at 3Khz or less deviation.
>
> Hope that the people up in the Ocala area will give it a thought as it 
> would
> resolve a lot of problems, I have been through disasters where we used
> packet for most of the back and forth traffic from the disaster area to 
> the
> hospitals and the voice was used only for those occasions where it was
> the quickest way to explain something, but packet can not be beat when
> you need a clear trail of messaging and also want to keep the number
> of hands on the message from end to end at a minimum, properly done
> the sender and receiver are the only two who actually do anything at all
> with the message and with automatic forwarding and e-mail they are the
> only ones who even need to come in contact with the data.
>
> -- 
> Chuck Hast
> To paraphrase my flight instructor;
> "the only dumb question is the one you DID NOT ask resulting in my going
> out and having to identify your bits and pieces in the midst of torn
> and twisted metal."
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