The FCC didn't think to limit us to more than 24 hours on the air per day, because they didn't consider automated, queued message systems. Even so, we have several examples of amateurs (or ex-amateurs) abusing the "band sharing" principle of amateur radio, by transmitting nearly 24 hours per day, using pre-recorded messages. Ex-KG6IRO and K1MAN come to mind. It took about five years to get ex-KG6IRO shut down and in federal custody, and that was only due to conviction on non-amateur radio violations. Who knows about K1MAN ...
All it takes is for a small percentage of amateurs to each decide they want to queue a significant number of messages. If you have to be at the radio when you transmit, that's self limiting. When you don't, the potential for abuse is great. -- Dean. On 2006-01-24 13:25, mulveyraa2 wrote: > --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Dean Gibson AE7Q <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Volume of traffic is the issue. > > > > Why is that an issue? The last time I checked, the FCC doesn't > limit us to the number of QSO's we have, or the time we can spend on > the air. 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/
