Any petition should reduce regulation rather than increase its complexity by
continually adding loopholes. ROS is not the only mode that is currently
illegal -- there are single carrier PSK digital modes that U.S. amateurs can't
use because of the baud rate limit. U.S. regulations should be harmonized with
the rest of the world by eliminating baud rate restrictions and emission
designators entirely. Outside the U.S., any form of modulation less than 8 kHz
wide is allowed below 29 MHz. If we align our regulations with the rest of the
world there will be no more legal problems with software written outside the
U.S.
73,
John
KD6OZH
----- Original Message -----
From: KH6TY
To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 22:59 UTC
Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: Consensus? Is ROS Legal in US?`
Next step is to formally petition the FCC to allow SS if the bandwidth does
not exceed 3000 Hz, or the width of a SSB phone signal.
Mark Miller, N5RFX, has experience in submitting petitions to the FCC, and
had one granted. In case anyone wishes to pursue this further, he may be able
to help. If ROS is really worth saving for US hams, it is worth fighting for!
73 - Skip KH6TY
