The Philosophy of Fuzzy Modes "Man is still the most
extraordinary computer of all." John F. Kennedy, May 1963 The
philosophy behind transmitting and receiving text that is
directly human readable. In recent years, there have been
examples of electronic equipment (notably household appliances
and industrial controls) which provide digital simulations of
the natural analogue world. This technique has been given the
buzz-word name 'Fuzzy Logic'. Although there is a whole
engineering study in 'soft' control logic, in reality all it
means to you and I is that the natural analogue world is offered
functionality (by way of inputs or outputs) that, while still
digital in nature, has such fine differences between settings
that the analogue appearance is maintained. Nowadays digital
modes are everywhere, from GSM cellular phones to digital HDTV
and D*Star™ radio. Despite this increasingly digital trend in
radio modes, one can still be reasonably sure that: There is
however a small but brave group of modes (we shall ca