All US amateur stations are required to identify at least once every
10 minutes, and verify that a frequency is clear before transmitting.
Being software controlled, such requirements are even less
burdensome for automatic stations.
73,
Dave, AA6YQ
--- In [email protected], John Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Thanks Kurt you just made the point that I have been
> trying for a while. Some refuse to see this being so set
> in their thinking. IE making some CW'ID every X
> amount of time and not transmit for this amount
> of time. A burden that will just be ask *only* of some.
>
>
> At 07:43 PM 2/24/06, you wrote:
> >I have been reading the messages, and just have a couple of
comments.
> >
> >One is I would like to see a sub-band for the automatic stations,
even
> >if it is just a gentleman agreement like the current agreements.
> >
> >Second is if you operate in the subband you have to take the QRM
that
> >comes with it, and if it means that a automatic station comes on
> >without checking to see if the freq is busy so be it, you know
that in
> >the subband it might happen. Also just because you can hear the
> >automatic station does not mean that it can hear you, so even if
does
> >check, doesn't mean it won't start transmitting because it might
not
> >have heard you anyway.
> >Just my opinion
> >
> >Kurt
> >WA8VBX
>
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