Nate Duehr wrote: > Not trying to be a spoil-sport, but since Mototrbo isn't a "documented > public protocol" doesn't it fall under the "encrypted" transmission > rules, and wouldn't be allowed in the Amateur bands?
No, because any Mototrbo radio can talk to any other Mototrbo radio set for the same frequency, etc. As long as it doesn't require an encryption key to be loaded, it is not encrypted, and therefore legal. Or another way to look at it, if you can pick up one of those radios and hear what is being said without getting any information from the people using it, it's legit. Unencrypted Astro, Aegis, or Provoice works the same way. -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL
