Quote Originally Posted by KC2UGV View Post
Ok, so, from what I gather, from 10 meters - 2 meters, 1200 bps is the top "modulation speed" allowed for digital operations.

So, I got the idea, that one could plunk compression on top of that, in order to squeeze about 9.6K onto that line (Top speed for phone lines are 14.4K, add in compression technology, and you can get 56K).

Which leads me to this question: Is there any work on applying compression techniques to amateur packet? Seems somewhere along the lines, we just settled on Bell 202 technology for packet, and stayed there.
N5PVL Chuckles might be one to ask. Don't be surprised if you get a long winded reply from the bearded one that doesn't directly answer the question.

IIRC the main problem is that the higher the baud rate, the wider the bandwith. Which is why at one time the FCC had some very severe restrictions. I haven't looked at the regs on that for awhile, so I couldn't tell you if that is still the case.