Keep proprietary digital modes off ham radio!
https://ea5iyl.blogspot.com/2023/08/keep-proprietary-digital-modes-off-ham.html
Keep proprietary digital modes off ham radio!
https://ea5iyl.blogspot.com/2023/08/keep-proprietary-digital-modes-off-ham.html
@oh8hub @clacke @hb9hox I know that idiom well. And my question was absolutely intentional, about the object or aim. What job? What do you accomplish?
@oh8hub @clacke @hb9hox You did not mention the band for your 1000 km QSO, but I get the point. But my point was not about performance, but rather about transparency, openness and understanding, and how it relates to what one could call the ham spirit. There is no *understanding* here because the VARA developers (as ROS developers) have decided to hide their success behind a secret algorithm (which, by the way, has a bandwidth of 2 kHz [compare that to the few Hz taken by CW or PSK or FT8]).
Enjoying a teenage hobby I retook in 2019, but now with a proper license and call sign and more than 40 years older. Struggling to improve my CW and enjoying SOTA and QRP, and more recently satellites. I love the 4 m band when it's open; 6 m is good too! PMR446 as a gateway to ham radio. Proprietary digital modes (DMR, YSF, ROS, VARAC, LoRa...) are not proper ham radio (ask me why).
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