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VE2HAR > MT63 17.03.05 01:11l 103 Lines 3126 Bytes #-7000 (0) @ WW
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Subj: Re: [MT63] High-speed HF Modem
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John Bradley wrote:
>I agree that emergency services needs a high speed , robust HF data mode,
>not requiring specialized modems to operate.
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>As an designer and operator of a communications, command and control unit ,
>I disagree with your choice of software, since a computer in these untis has
>to do more than act as a data terminal. Other requirements for that computer
>would be for mapping software, word processing, VHF packet, and the like.
>We have used all of those on our emergency deployments in the past.
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All this can be done on Linux TODAY!
>Most volunteer operators would be familiar with Windows, which would make it
>one less thing to train on. It is easy to find operators who use the
>popular software such as Word, on a regular basis.
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Linux has Open Office which has a Word look-alike.
>Having been involved with emergency managment/planning for many years, the
>KISS principal still applies: Keep it simple, stupid! So , despite your love
>of Linux, that should probably stay on your home computer rather than in a
>command post with many operators of different skills.
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Linux is cheaper, far more stable, and has far better software for
both MT63 and Olivia written for it by Tomi Mannion than Windows does now.
>With respect to the mode, well I am not convinced that MT63 works better
>than MFSK under really poor conditions, although the baud rate is higher. I
>haven'y had the opportunityto try them side by side when conditions are
>poor, and look forward to that. If OLIVIA ever gets written for windows,
>that might be the way to go ......
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Why wait? Olivia is on Linux right now. I used it today to talk with
Txema in Spain! But we did the same thing with MT63 and had 100% perfect
copy with both modes in the presents of much packet pest QRM.
The idea of a station down town somewhere that is used IF there is
an emergency is old style thinking. I keep the phone numbers of people
that KNOW how to run their OWN equipment and they maintain it while no
emergency exists.
>Sorry if I have offended all you Linux lovers, but in the real world ,
>Windows should rule the emergency computer world...
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It is high time to replace windows with a stable Unix operating
system. That it is free makes it easy to do. This is all written on a
Linux computer.
72 Karl
>John
>VE5MU
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