All US amateur stations are required to identify at least once every 10 minutes, and verify that a frequency is clear before transmitting.
Being software controlled, such requirements are even less burdensome for automatic stations. 73, Dave, AA6YQ --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, John Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks Kurt you just made the point that I have been > trying for a while. Some refuse to see this being so set > in their thinking. IE making some CW'ID every X > amount of time and not transmit for this amount > of time. A burden that will just be ask *only* of some. > > > At 07:43 PM 2/24/06, you wrote: > >I have been reading the messages, and just have a couple of comments. > > > >One is I would like to see a sub-band for the automatic stations, even > >if it is just a gentleman agreement like the current agreements. > > > >Second is if you operate in the subband you have to take the QRM that > >comes with it, and if it means that a automatic station comes on > >without checking to see if the freq is busy so be it, you know that in > >the subband it might happen. Also just because you can hear the > >automatic station does not mean that it can hear you, so even if does > >check, doesn't mean it won't start transmitting because it might not > >have heard you anyway. > >Just my opinion > > > >Kurt > >WA8VBX > 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/