That's exactly the conclusion I reached, Doc. It does require the
ability to reliably identify any digital mode station, which is the
rationale for the CW identification scheme that John loves so deeply.
73,
Dave, AA6YQ
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, doc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> The "regulatory incentive" could be as simple as
> the FCC requirement that the "installed base" users
> manually assure the freq is not occupied if they
> cannot do so automatically else they risk fine,
> loss of license, and equipment confiscation for
> repeated incidents of QRM.
>
> If aggressively enforced for 6-12 months it ought to
> get it done.
>
> Enough excuses from selfish users for the avoidable
> QRM. If they want automatic ops then they must
> assume whatever costs are necessary to protect their
> fellow Hams from avoidable QRM or get off the bands.
>
> If a SSB, CW, AM, FM, PSK31, RTTY, SSTV, ATV, or other
> mode user can be cited for willful QRM (and they have
> been) then the precedent has been established and no
> mode deserves an exemption.
>
> I am not sure why the FCC (or the ARRL) would see
> this in any other way. It is, much as I hate the
> expression, a no-brainer.
>
> IMHO ... ;-) doc
>
> > The SCAMP prototype demonstrated that an automatic listen-before-
> > transmit capability is technically feasible. The impediment is
an
> > installed base of relatively expensive hardware that lacks this
> > capability. Without some regulatory incentive to upgrade, even a
> > soundcard-based solution with listen-before-transmit capability
> > would largely be ignored by current users unless it offered a
> > signficant increase in throughput over the current hardware-
based
> > solution. That's a tall order.
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Dave, AA6YQ
>
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