John,

Actually, guys on AM have been doing front end audio processing for a long 
time.  It's only new on SSB.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 11:03
Subject: Re: Out of date


>I look back when I first started 14 years ago, actually, yeah, it was 14
> years ago, and a ton has changed, equipment, modes, bands, it's 
> incredible.
> I remember when PSK31 was just starting out, I don't think there were as
> many people when I got started with all the fancy audio equipment either,
> now I'm one of them and it seems like every day I run in to more and more
> people with EQ equipment hooked up to the radios, some even having a whole
> rack of equipment for enhancing the audio though if you don't know how to 
> do
> it,you can make for one horrible sounding setup as I heard the other day.
> Mine isn't bad but I probably have a little adjusting I can do, but my 
> voice
> is horrible anyway so why I waste my time and money I don't know.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Senk, Mark J. (CDC/NIOSH/NPPTL)" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 10:57 AM
> Subject: Out of date
>
>
>> Imagine how I felt when I went to the 2007 Dayton Hamvention after being
>> inactive since the early 80s.  I had heard of Packet, but didn't know
>> about APRS trackers, PSK31, Olivia, dStar and so on.  My wife is not a
>> ham and after sitting in a presentation for 30 minutes finally asked:
>> What is DSP?
>>
>> A lot more has changed than the band edges.
>>
>> Mark
>