So long as vanity repeaters are put up by people who are willing to become litigious, this is a war that will have MANY casualties. We are not the government (anywhere in the world, not just US) and have the right of "eminent domain" over spectrum, property, etc.
I would love to see repeater coordination bodies grow a set of ..... guts. Bob Bill V WA7NWP wrote: >> I first heard of cognitive radio systems when efforts were underway to make >> use of the 'white space' in the television broadcast bands. The whole idea >> is to make more efficient use the the spectrum by putting situational >> awareness in to the client device. > > One example we're discussing is how to use the repeater channels > (over allocated - under used) for data when the repeaters aren't in > use. Cognitive radios could learn which channels had the least use > and make more use of them. There are issues to be resolved but the > concept is promising at the very least. > > Yes - ham radio has never been so alive. We have incredible tools > (toys) there but for the using. > > 73 > Bill - WA7NWP > -- (Co)Author: DttSP, Quiktrak, PowerSDR, GnuRadio Member: ARRL, AMSAT, AMSAT-DL, TAPR, Packrats, NJQRP, QRP ARCI, QCWA, FRC. "the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles" Kerouac Twitter:rwmcgwier Active: Facebook,Myspace,LinkedIn
