Jon,
It is legal to use a foreign language and many hams do this, however,
Part 97 requires FCC licensed hams to ID using English.
Using any language or code would be in violation of Part 97 if you were
doing it for the purpose of obscuring the meaning of any communication.
Using Navaho, or any less well known language could theoretically be
recorded and played back to an interpreter to determine the content.
Public key encryption or similar encryption/decryption techniques are
not normally permitted.
There are some exceptions for telecommand, telemetry, and space
communications.
73,
Rick, KV9U
Jon Maguire wrote:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/message/15268
Just out of curiosity, and not meant as a flame
Wouldn't two Hams talking in Navajo or some other very obscure language
be illegal? It could easily be construed that this was being done to
obscure the meaning of the message.
Also, take a mode like PSK31... very common mode. What about two Hams
using that mode, but sending multi digit groups that only they hold the
key to decrypt. Would that be considered an attempt to obscure the message?
Just a couple of thoughts for discussion purposes.
73... Jon W1MNK
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