RE: [digitalradio] Re: Hams should have encryption NOT!

2007-04-28 Thread John Champa
Good points, all. When I recently read that even with the huge influx of new no-code Hams, that our population is still down 16K from last year...well, it looks like we are dead already. But I keep trying anyway. I got two individuals to get their tickets this year. And, one of them even joine

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Hams should have encryption... NOT

2007-04-28 Thread John Champa
com Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: Hams should have encryption... NOT Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 21:35:55 -0500 If one does a web search you find a lot of comments about encryption and amateur radio. But they mostly seem to come from one source. You and your group. Just because you are doing someth

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Hams should have encryption... NOT

2007-04-28 Thread mrfarm
If one does a web search you find a lot of comments about encryption and amateur radio. But they mostly seem to come from one source. You and your group. Just because you are doing something that may be illegal or at least very borderline sub rosa type of activity does not mean that the rest o

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Hams should have encryption NOT!

2007-04-28 Thread Danny Douglas
I am afraid many of them don't really care what you and I think about it. In this atmosphere of fright, many think that if we DON'T do as they are planning, we will loose our freqs totally. I think if we do it, we indeed WILL loose our freqs. Thus it turns out to be a catch-as-catch-can situation

RE: [digitalradio] Re: Hams should have encryption NOT!

2007-04-28 Thread John Champa
Yep... There is a role for Ham Radio in EMCOM, but I don't know what it is so I just stay out of it. Some of other guys are wearing badges, etc. My desire in HSMM was more along the lines of digital video (ADV), but nobody in the WG was much interested in that... My dream was / is an ADV 100