Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Legally Identifying?

2009-03-24 Thread John Hays
On Mar 24, 2009, at 10:36 AM, Chip wrote: > With D-STAR, is it necessary to verbally identify transmissions with > your callsign? My question assumes that the MYCALL field is > correctly set of course. A local friend and I have frequent simplex > conversations and have been saying our calls

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Legally Identifying?

2009-03-24 Thread Mathaeus (Matthew Fonner)
Other than the fact that *my* interpretation of the FCC rules say that it should be verbal: People who are using the IC2200H do not get any display other than the frequency they are on. No scrolling IDs, no scrolling text, nothing. So they would have no idea who they were talking to without th

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Legally Identifying?

2009-03-24 Thread Nate Duehr
I drop back to common sense on this question: 1. What is the purpose of an ID? So the FCC or anyone listening can contact you if your transmissions are causing a problem. 2. Can the FCC or anyone else figure out who you are if they need to, from the full content of your transmis

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Legally Identifying?

2009-03-24 Thread Ian Foord
me mode we are using. Are repeaters (Dstar) do not id in cw or any think other than the data id . Case closed I think; Ian G0TJH ---Original Message--- From: Nate Duehr Date: 03/24/09 23:04:46 To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Legally Identifying? I drop back

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Legally Identifying?

2009-03-24 Thread Gary Pearce KN4AQ
At 01:36 PM 3/24/2009, you wrote: >With D-STAR, is it necessary to verbally identify transmissions with your >callsign? My question assumes that the MYCALL field is correctly set of >course. A local friend and I have frequent simplex conversations and have >been saying our callsigns to be safe,

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Legally Identifying?

2009-03-25 Thread AB8XA
On Mar 24, 2009, at 17:06 PM, Gary Pearce KN4AQ wrote: > Let's check the rules: That's a good thing, since I'm new to D-Star. > ยง97.119 Station identification. > > (a) Each amateur station... must transmit its assigned call sign on > its > transmitting channel at the end of each communication

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Legally Identifying?

2009-03-25 Thread Michael A. Waldron
AB8XA wrote: > On Mar 24, 2009, at 17:06 PM, Gary Pearce KN4AQ wrote: > > That's a good thing, since I'm new to D-Star. > I read it that it says you must transmit your call sign with an emission authorized for the transmitting channel, and then it gives 4 examples. If you read it differently

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Legally Identifying?

2009-03-25 Thread larry allen
Dstar id's each time you press your ptt button Larry ve3fxq It should also be pointed out that a form of dstar has been in commercial use for at least 10 years... We are way behind the times...

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Legally Identifying?

2009-03-25 Thread Mathaeus (Matthew Fonner)
larry allen wrote: > Dstar id's each time you press your ptt button > Larry ve3fxq > It should also be pointed out that a form of dstar has been in commercial use > for at least 10 years... We are way behind the times... > Again, though, what about those of us who are using IC2200H machines

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Legally Identifying?

2009-03-25 Thread Mathaeus (Matthew Fonner)
Nate Duehr wrote: > I drop back to common sense on this question: > > > > 1. What is the purpose of an ID? So the FCC or anyone listening can > contact you if your transmissions are causing a problem. > > 2. Can the FCC or anyone else figure out who you are if they need to, > from

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Legally Identifying?

2009-03-25 Thread Michael A. Waldron
I humbly submit that your lack of ability to copy information does not have anything to do with me fulfilling my legal requirement to send it. How many people do you know who cannot copy the CW ID on your local FM repeater? Again, It's a good idea to ID verbally anyway, but it is not required.

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Legally Identifying?

2009-03-25 Thread Nate Duehr
On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:02:43 -0400, "Mathaeus (Matthew Fonner)" > Again, though, what about those of us who are using IC2200H machines > which get no information on the screen? If someone hits their PTT to > ID, all I get is the equivalent of a kerchunk of the system. Legally: We're not resp

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Legally Identifying?

2009-03-27 Thread Barry A. Wilson
DV C 145.2500 +0.6000 From: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com [mailto:dstar_digi...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of AB8XA Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 5:40 AM To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Legally Identifying? > ==

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Legally Identifying?

2009-03-28 Thread Woodrick, Ed
IDs in the US are, as well as I can remember, required once every 10 minutes and at the end of a conversation. There is absolutely nothing that say that I can't get on the radio and call you by saying "Hey Matthew are you there" and then after we've been talking 10 minutes, adding my callsign.

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Legally Identifying? [US Topic]

2009-03-25 Thread John Hays
Yep, the 2200H is a very bad implementation of D-STAR (besides user interface, it cannot do optimum channel spacing because of the lack of 6.25 kHz steps) but that doesn't change the LEGAL ID requirement, which is met by the digital ID in the signal. I sometimes don't hear the audio ID of