Part of the problem is that there is a misunderstanding about who should operate where. In the US at least, the frequencies shown for automated wideband operation are NOT "reserved" or "allocated" for this purpose. These are the frequencies automated stations using wideband signals are "restricted" to. There are no corresponding restrictions that prevent any amateur from using these frequencies for any other purpose allowed.
Consequently, the hiking trails and highways are exactly the same. There is no difference. Automated wideband signals however, are restricted to certain trails/highways but are expected to observe rules such that no one, whether on foot or in a vehicle, gets run over! To imply that pedestrians should not use the trails/highways where vehicles are allowed also implies that the rules no longer apply to the vehicles! And this is where the number of pedestrians outnumber the vehicles by 10 to 1. One of the rules of the highway/trail is that automated stations, whether attended or unattended, have a responsibility to not create harmful interference. Harmful interference does not need to be willful or malicious. In other words, an unattended automatically controlled station can create harmful interference. The FCC has issued numerous enforcement letters to repeater operators that they can no longer operate their repeaters while unattended by a control operator. The same thing can happen to automatic stations. Jim WA0LYK --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "Demetre SV1UY" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "Dave Bernstein" <aa6yq@> wrote: > > > > You've evidently forgotten my earlier point, Demetre: > > > > "In the land of HF, the hiking trails and highways overlap". > > > > You said that, but when they overlap there is always a problem my friend! > > > 73, > > > > Dave, AA6YQ > > 73 de Demetre SV1UY >
