The FCC missive is just that -- a missive; its not a regulation. No requirement to prevent interference is present in 97.221.
73, Dave, AA6YQ --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, kd4e <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Then I am afraid that the author of the FCC missive re. this > specific issue must be using a different English language > dictionary than the rest of us. > > This text clearly states in common English language usage > that the "control operator ... *must prevent* ... causing > interference". > > What am I missing, please? > > "We do recognize the concerns of those who oppose the proposal on > the basis of potential interference, and in response to these > concerns we are limiting when automatic control can be employed. > First, the control operator of the station that is connected to the > automatically controlled station must prevent the automatically > controlled station from causing interference." > > > > Actually, Doc, those are expressly legal under 97.221. The FCC's > > rationale (the URL for which I posted earlier) clearly acknowledges > > the potential for interference. They challenged us to find ways to > > mitigate this interference, but did not make interference mitigation > > a prerequisite to operation under 97.221. > > > > The demonstratrable failure to mitigate interference from operation > > on 97.221 makes a very strong case against the elimination of > > constraints on semi-automatic operation. The primary constraint I > > would impose is "listen before you transmit"; in the absence of > > that, "stay within these sub-bands". > > > > 73, > > > > Dave, AA6YQ > > > > --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, kd4e <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> And those are plainly illegal and always have been. > >> > >> As President Bush said to terrorists cynically proposing > >> a "truce", "We don't negotiate with terrorists, we put > >> them out of business." > >> > >> According to the FCC and Amateur Radio tradition we don't > >> reward illegal ops with special band segments, we shut > >> them down and reclaim the abused spectrum. > >> > >> ;-) > >> > >>> A reminder, John: the only automatic operations I would confine > >>> to "a small part of the band" are those whose software is > > incapable > >>> of listening before transmitting. > >> -- > >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >> Thanks! & 73, doc kd4e > >> > >> |_|___|_| > >> | | & | | > >> {| > >> /\ {| > >> / \ {| > >> / \ {| > >> / @ \ {| > >> | |~_|~~~~| > >> | -| | | > >> ============\ # http://bibleseven.com/kd4e.html > >> KD4E ===================================== > >> West Central Florida > >> > >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org > > > > Other areas of interest: > > > > The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ > > DigiPol: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digipol (band plan policy discussion) > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Thanks! & 73, doc kd4e > > |_|___|_| > | | & | | > {| > /\ {| > / \ {| > / \ {| > / @ \ {| > | |~_|~~~~| > | -| | | > ============\ # http://bibleseven.com/kd4e.html > KD4E ===================================== > West Central Florida > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ DigiPol: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digipol (band plan policy discussion) Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/