--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "Dave Bernstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>AA6YQ comments below > > >>>There are some who claim that email messages should not be > conveyed by amateurs because doing so would compete with commerical > operations, but the same could be said of any QSO. I don't believe > there's any merit to this claim.
I don't see the point of you mentioning it then. > > >>>The allegation that WinLink 2000 is illegal, at least in the US, > is based on the fact that its PMBOs transmit without first verifying > that their frequency is not in use. This is a clear violation of > 97.101(d), which states "No amateur operator shall willfully or > maliciously interfere with or cause interference to any radio > communication or signal." A PMBO's transmission is not malicious, > but its definitely willful. > Again this is an old horse already beaten to death many times, but you keep coming back at it over and over. Any interference caused in Winlink2000's semi-automatic operations is not the PMBO's fault but the initiator's fault who is responsible for any QRM because he has to listen for a while before he transmits, and he should also keep listening when in session with the PMBO. Myself and many others do this i n every session, even when in QSO using PSK31. Whoever does not do this does not follow good radio amateur practices, full stop. Automatic operation is only what F6FBB BBSes do in PACKET radio when they start MAIL FORWARDING. Winlink2000 PMBOs use only the Internet for exchanging traffic among them. Winlink2000 PMBOs don't even transmit beacons on HF every so often, like other systems do on HF. They only respond if and when they are called by a client and the client is responsible for the QRM they cause. So any claims that they cause willful interference is not true. > 73, > > Dave, AA6YQ > 73 de Demetre SV1UY
