You very could be right, but I'll avoid using it until it is approved by the FCC...I d/l it yesterday and installed and got up and going and was really impressed about how it came thru the noise and 100 per cent copy...Oh well..guess I'll be watching and waiting...73, Alan
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Rik van Riel <r...@...> wrote: > > On 03/04/2010 02:02 PM, Alan wrote: > > http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2010/03/04/11377/?nc=1 > > So we can forget about here in the US...too bad it looked really nice...73, > > Alan > > I don't read it like that. > > The FCC just says that: > 1) spread spectrum is not allowed on HF, and > 2) The Commission does not determine if a particular mode > 'truly' represents spread spectrum, and > 3) The licensee of the station transmitting the emission is > responsible for determining that the operation of the > station complies with the rules. > > Once Jose publishes a full specification for ROS (one that > is complete enough to create an interoperable alternative > implementation), US hams will be able to make the technical > determination that the FCC requires us to make. > > Until then, there is no way to be sure whether or not ROS > is legal to use in the US. We simply do not have enough > info to make the determination. > > I expect that cautious US hams will avoid ROS until there > is certainty that ROS is in fact legal. > > -- > All rights reversed. >
