The question was does the digital ID constitute a legal ID?
I think 97.119 b 3 shows that it does. D-STAR is a digital emission
that may contain digitized voice, but is none the less digital.
If not, every D-STAR repeater is operating illegally.
We may all choose to also ID on voice except
Chip,
There's a very easy example for all of this.
If you were to set up a D-STAR rig to do DPRS beaconing, the rig transmits
it's programmed callsign in the transmissions and it's a legal ID. You're
not talking.
Nothing in the on-air protocol changes between that DPRS beacon and a
I was with the impression that the Dstar controllers were still sending a CW
ID.
I do and will continue to ID my station voice regardless of what the call id
says.
Jack N6UYB/4
- Original Message -
From: ki4umx ki4...@comcast.net
To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday,
I have to agree here in this case there is no reason to depart from excepted
practice.
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From: ki4umx ki4...@comcast.net
To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 21:30
Subject: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: Legally Identifying?
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