I join the voices of the many who call for the release of source code
for this busy detection and any patents under royalty-free license. If
SCAMP's busy detector, for example, were to be released now, it would
show goodwill, and would also spur innovation. Closed and unreleased,
it fuels conspiracy theories.
73,
Leigh/WA5ZNU
> Finally, we have tasked a group with developing an inexpensive means
> to develop a means of enabling 'bots and other forms of data to
> monitor the frequency they would transmit on (and nearby frequencies)
> before they transmit.
>
>>>> As we have discussed here many times, Rick KN6KB developed an
> effective soundcard-based busy frequency detector 2 years ago as part
> of SCAMP. The implementation was a first iteration proof of concept,
> and technology has progressed during the ensuing years; thus, I'm
> sure that improvements are possible, but reinventing the wheel is
> unnecessary.
>
>
> Once these become reasonably available, FCC can require their use to
> avoid QRMing.
