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by tomfanning 952 days ago
That’s a pretty narrow perspective. From both the perspective of HF and VHF/UHF.

For HF there’s all sorts of digital stuff going on. Check out FreeDV for a Codec2-derived digital voice mode. We are also doing packet radio (yes, AX.25, still built into the Linux kernel) with BPSK/QPSK modems on HF replacing the 61 year old Bell tones- see https://wiki.oarc.uk/packet:ninotnc#experimental_new_modes_f...

I recently stood up this site to support and track the re-emergence of the / redevelopment UK packet radio network- which is utilising VHF, UHF, a geostationary satellite, as well as HF. https://ukpacketradio.network/

It’s not my bag but I see a lot of VARA going on too.

There’s a lot more going on than just WSJT-X.

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Yeah there's stuff there but there are literally bugger all people using it. Even the VHF repeater nets in the UK are pretty dead. I mean I'm in the middle of London and I occasionally get two dudes talking about their greenhouse and that's it. They're not even growing anything interesting - it's all tomatoes and casual racism.