What are some of the key features of a PropNET software client?
Key features of PropNET “sanctioned” software focus on the ability to make contol-operator like decisions and to support (and be sensitive to others’) on-air communication in one way or another. It is with particular pride that we can say that it includes an anti-QRM feature that is a new concept to the digital world: “listen before ID”. This strategy makes it impossible for PropNET participants to interfere with other transmissions on the frequency (provided they can be heard by the PropNETer, of course). Another function of interest is that of scanning for other stations that may be calling them. If a return call is decoded, a PropNET client should be able to invoke a “QSO Alert” that will alert the operator that someone just called them. The PropNET station can then engage in a keyboard QSO, if they’re so inclined. If connected to the Internet, participants stations will directly report their activity to a central data collection hub for casual observation by “anyone in the Internet
