Wow! N6CRR stated that very, very well... Congrats! I will shut-up now, as I have neither the time nor energy to explain 4+ years of legal wrangling with the League's wonderfully helpful attorney, Chris Imlay, W3KD. Thank goodness the ARRL has such a fine Radio Amateur to work on ALL our behalfs (sic?)...regardless whether we all seldom agree or not (HI).
After retiring from the League's HSMM Working Group Chairmanship, all I want to do now is hang-out with Bonnie and the FB HF-Link folks and play with ALE and Olivia etc. etc. on 40M! Same band I started out with 58 years ago....but it sure sounds a lot different these days. Oh yes, and write about digital radio stuff for the cool CQ VHF Magazine! Bonnie is featured in our next column, BTW. Thanks again to the FB writing of N6CRR, I now get a break! Any secure way to send a beer over the air? Wouldn't want the one or two under-age ops we might have around to intercept that traffic! ;o) or ;o( not sure. Anyway, Vy 73, John - K8OCL ----Original Message Follows---- From: "N6CRR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [digitalradio] Re: Hams should have encryption Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 21:53:16 -0000 --- In [email protected], "wa8vbx" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well I guess I will fight not to have encryption on ham radio but wait isn't that what SCS/Winlink folks already have. Adapt or give in, mmmhh, I guess I will not do neither but to continue to fight the commericalization of ham radio.. Kurt, It's not Ham Radio that the encryption is needed for, it's WantaBe Radio and how to get an invite to play with the big boys and girls in disaster relief operations. Never mind that there are professionals, with equipment, training, clearances, insurance and accountability who paid to do this stuff using real equipment which is bought and paid for with US Tax dollars, I wantabe a part of that, so I can bring an encrypted radio link on Amateur radio frequencies. Wantabe Radio cheerleaders, including the drones from the ARRL have been told by the professionals that real disaster teams can be counted on, but Amateurs although interesting, can't be counted on because the first thing amateurs do is take care of their own families and jobs, along with the silly fact that Amateur Radio Operators can't take time off from work to spend a month or two in a disaster zone like paid staff can. Real disaster relief plans revolve around real assets which can be counted on, Amateur radio has not come up with a way to provide real resources that can be counted on. But hey, Presto Encrypto, if the Wantabe Radio radio operators can provide a ready supply of Amateur Radio spectrum and encrypted links using automated systems requiring few operators, then maybe the Wantabe's can get invited to play in the big leagues and get a hat, a badge and a Wantabe patch or two. The long list of reasons to allow encryption spelled out before in this thread all go to supporting the vision of giving the Wantabe Radio Corps a reason to think they will be asked to the dance, if only they could provide a relevant radio centric service that the professionals want. It's not Amateur Radio, it's wantabe radio operators trying to play a simi pro role in disaster relief operations using amateur radio spectrum resources. If the wantabe radio folks really want something to do, go check out their local CERT team and get trained for that, I did. Local CERT folks are crying for any sort of communications to fill the gap in the event of a major emergency at least before the calvary can show up, and this support don't need no stink'n encryption, and the do need your help now.
