you just made my point once again. > I nor anyone else could say a thing that would please > you.
At 08:31 PM 2/20/06, you wrote: >Lets take this in two parts, John. > >1. In your original post (message 13673) you said "You know it not >always the fault of the automatic station but more the user". In the >scenario you describe below, what did the "user" being QRM'd do >wrong? > >2. Why is it unreasonable to expect the automatic station to verify >that the frequency is clear before transmitting? In its decision to >allow automatic operation, the FCC said "First, the control operator >of the station that is connected to the automatically controlled >station must prevent the automatically controlled station from >causing interference." As your scenario perfectly illustrates, the >person who remotely activates the automatic station can't reliably >prevent the automatic station from causing interference by simply >listening to the frequency at his or her end. Only a "listener" at >the automatic station can ensure this. That "listener" could be a >human operator who only enables his or her automatic station when >present to prevent interference, or it could be a circuit and/or >algorithm that detects a busy frequency. Either way, there is no >excuse for failure to prevent interference with an ongoing QSO, as >is required. > >The FCC quote can be found in >http://home.earthlink.net/~bscottmd/fcc97221.htm ; its in paragraph >6. Note that its dated April 1995. The requirement to prevent >interference has been in force for many years. > > 73, > > Dave, AA6YQ Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ DigiPol: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digipol (band plan policy discussion) Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
