Message-Id: <20041025133728.DFVJ2430.imf22aec.mail.bellsouth.net@[68.212.97.220]> Dave wrote: >Acssb would be interesting to experiment with on the amateur bands. >I think it hasn't caught on do to the fact that digital >communications techniques such as apco25 and such are the next >communications frontier. True these days, but it's been around if I recall for about the last decade or a bit more, possibly even two. I was surprised more folks weren't playing with it, especially in commercial services where that added bit of range would be helpful. THink of the added range one might get from a repeater system using acsb techniques if one didn't have the newer digital modes on the horizon. NO more listening to your buddy who tunes ssb sounding somewhat like DOnald duck or the guy who can't understand what zero beat net control means <grin>. Richard Webb Electric Spider Productions almost 50% of those at ground zero on 9/11/01 still have longterm health problems. Almost half of those have no health insurance. Braille: support true literacy for the blind!