kh6ty wrote: > 97.113 Prohibited transmissions. (a) No amateur station shall > transmit: > > (5) Communications, on a regular basis, which could reasonably be > furnished alternatively through other radio services. Excellent point. The above regulation, interpreted reasonably, would outlaw 99.9% of Winlink activity within FCC jurisdiction.
> All the discussion about how Winlink users trample others on the > frequency is directly related to "using" the ham bands as a free > email service, instead of for person-to-person, real-time, *hobby* > communications. There is no second person in real-time, that can > communicate the need to QSY when advised there is an ongoing QSO on > the frequency, local to his station, but not detectable by the remote > station, in an email delivery system. It is this capability that > makes it possible for radio amateurs to *share* a limited amount of > spectrum that one-way systems do not possess. > > Skip KH6TY Very well said. de Roger W6VZV
