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 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/
