= Сообщение: 9824 из 12491 ====================================== ENET.SYSOP = От : Charles Pierson 2:240/1120.976 11 Sep 20 18:20:04 Кому : Michiel van der Vlist 11 Sep 20 18:20:04 Тема : Fido over HAM radio FGHI : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:240/1120.976+4ecb354f На : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:280/5555+5f5bf90e = Кодировка сообщения определена как: CP437 ================================== ============================================================================== Hello, Michiel van der Vlist. On 9/12/20 12:24 AM you wrote:
CP>> Well that is certainly disappointing. I tend to like a lot of CP>> options and backup options for things. MV> It may be disappointing from your POV, but I think it has saved MV> HAM radio.
I was in radio and telephone communication in the Army ~30 years ago. While I never had the financial ability to get into HAM radio, I do appreciate it.
MV> The rule was originally meant to stop HAMs from competing with the MV> then State monopoly of telephone and telegraph. Had there not been MV> such a rule when the state monopoly was dropped and everyone could MV> become a telecom provider, it would have been the end of HAM radio MV> as we know it. Frequency space for mobile telephony is auctioned MV> and prospective providers pay hundreds of millions for it. If HAM MV> radio was a competitor in the race, we would have to pay for our MV> frequencies by the laws of supply and demand. No way us HAMs couls MV> have raised that amount of money.
I can certainly understand that. Frequency space is definitely an expensive prospect.
MV> Background information: Back then the minimum age for a HAM MV> licence in The Netherlands was 18 years. I got my first (VHF and MV> up) licence at the earliest opportunity in 1964. Got my full MV> license in 1969. I have been a member of the committee that MV> negotiates with the govenment on behalf of the Dutch HAMs for some MV> 25 years. 35 years ago I pioneered with data over HAM Radio. I did MV> 4800 Baud on 144 MHz by directly frequency shift keying the MV> transmitter with 5 KHz shift, so that it fitted in a 12,5 KHz FM MV> channel. On the receiving end the bit stream was directly taken MV> from the discriminator. Those were the days... ;-)
Ahh yes. I remember those days. Fun times.
MV> In the haydays of Fidonet there was a large overlap between HAM MV> operators and Fidonet sysops. Now I am the only HAM left in MV> Fidonet R28. I think now I am the only one in R28 who is MV> technically capable of creating a Fidonet link over HAM radio.
I remember a fairly active Echo back when for Packet radio and Ham Radio. I followed them for a while.
MV> But I am not going to do it. Even it were not illegal (and it is MV> enforced here) it is just not worth the effort.
I can certainly understand that. Just a bit of idealistic wishfulness on my part.
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