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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I am involved in the M17 community, and
am giving a talk about M17 at BAREC on Friday evening. This is
both in person at the BAREC clubrooms in Bendigo, as well as on
YouTube live (a recording should be available after the fact).</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">My opinion on M17 is it shows promise,
some of the features, such as optional strong encryption and the
ability to carry both voice and data (individually or
simultaneously) and interact with APRS and other packet based
systems (you can do M17 over KISS or AX.25 over M17 if needed)
could be attractive.<br>
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However, the state of play is that M17 is still very new, with
practical RF implementations only appearing this year, and none
yet in a field deployable package, which means I wouldn't
recommend it for WICEN use at this time. The encryption, while in
the protocol spec, hasn't been implemented yet either, but I have
voiced my interest in this feature. One to keep an eye on in the
longer term. M17 is currently undergoing rapid development on
many fronts. Watch this space.<br>
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Another useful feature of M17 is its openness. While open source
hasn't been seen as a priority in WICEN, it does mean if there's
resources (i.e. developers, constructors, etc) and maybe even a
grant, it may be possible to build (or have built for us)
something fit for purpose.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 14/11/21 1:14 pm, Mark Hudson wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hope this email finds you all well. Last
week those on the call further discussed DMR and the
spreadsheet of systems is being updated by and circulated by
Don 3SP. Peter 3LSN also mentioned there has been an updates
to Vara / Vara HF which now has a CQ function. So this week
we’ll revisit on the air our VARA systems both HF and VHF.
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