Charles, I'm going to disagree with your statement: [see below]
I just spent a day operating on all of the various pactor modes and we never heard any other qso's during that operational period get interfered with. Contrary to what your statement implies. The automated pactor stations don't initiate qso's, they respond to qso's initiated by live operators. It falls on THOSE operators to insure that they are not interfering with other qso's in progress, not the automated response stations. Unless I'm missing something here, none of the Winlink 2000 automated stations initiate transmissions, they only respond to requests. Jeff Moore KE7ACY DCARES - Deschutes County ARES Bend, Oregon ----- Original Message ----- From: Charles Brabham Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Why would anyone John: [snip] For several years now, PACTOR III emissions have been responsible for thousands opf QSO's being willfully interfered with by amateurs with automated stations running absolutely no busy detection at all. How long do you think the FCC will allow this to continue before they clarify the PART97 regulations in this area? 73 DE Charles Brabham, N5PVL .
