You can speak or type any language you want as long as you identify in English if you are operating where the FCC is the controling entity.
This question is in the FCC Technician Class License question pool and is addresses in Part 97. Walt/K5YFW -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of KV9U Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 3:37 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: All Channels are Busy Channels? Free Decoding Rights? Jon, It is legal to use a foreign language and many hams do this, however, Part 97 requires FCC licensed hams to ID using English. Using any language or code would be in violation of Part 97 if you were doing it "for the purpose of obscuring the meaning of any communication." Using Navaho, or any less well known language could theoretically be recorded and played back to an interpreter to determine the content. Public key encryption or similar encryption/decryption techniques are not normally permitted. There are some exceptions for telecommand, telemetry, and space communications. 73, Rick, KV9U Jon Maguire wrote: >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/message/15268 > >Just out of curiosity, and not meant as a flame.... > >Wouldn't two Hams talking in Navajo or some other very obscure language >be illegal? It could easily be construed that this was being done to >obscure the meaning of the message. > >Also, take a mode like PSK31... very common mode. What about two Hams >using that mode, but sending multi digit groups that only they hold the >key to decrypt. Would that be considered an attempt to obscure the message? > >Just a couple of thoughts for discussion purposes. > >73... Jon W1MNK > > > 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 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/2pRQfA/bOaOAA/yQLSAA/ELTolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
