The FCC only requires that a technical description be published: Sec. 97.309 RTTY and data emission codes.
(a) Where authorized by Sec. Sec. 97.305(c) and 97.307(f) of the part, an amateur station may transmit a RTTY or data emission using the following specified digital codes: (1) The 5-unit, start-stop, International Telegraph Alphabet No. 2, code defined in ITU-T Recommendation F.1, Division C (commonly known as ``Baudot''). (2) The 7-unit code specified in ITU-R Recommendations M.476-5 and M.625-3 (commonly known as ``AMTOR''). (3) The 7-unit, International Alphabet No. 5, code defined in IT--T Recommendation T.50 (commonly known as ``ASCII''). (4) An amateur station transmitting a RTTY or data emission using a digital code specified in this paragraph may use any technique whose technical characteristics have been documented publicly, such as CLOVER, G-TOR, or PacTOR, for the purpose of facilitating communications. (b) Where authorized by Sec. Sec. 97.305(c) and 97.307(f) of this part, a station may transmit a RTTY or data emission using an unspecified digital code, except to a station in a country with which the United States does not have an agreement permitting the code to be used. RTTY and data emissions using unspecified digital codes must not be transmitted for the purpose of obscuring the meaning of any communication. When deemed necessary by a District Director to assure compliance with the FCC Rules, a station must: (1) Cease the transmission using the unspecified digital code; (2) Restrict transmissions of any digital code to the extent instructed; (3) Maintain a record, convertible to the original information, of all digital communications transmitted. [54 FR 25857, June 20, 1989, as amended at 54 FR 39537, Sept. 27, 1989; 56 FR 56172, Nov. 1, 1991; 60 FR 55486, Nov. 1, 1995; 71 FR 25982, May 3, 2006; 71 FR 66465, Nov. 15, 2006] 73, John KD6OZH ----- Original Message ----- From: jose alberto nieto ros To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 23:39 UTC Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Consensus? Is ROS Legal in US?` Hi, KH6. I only i am going to describe in a technicals article how run the mode. If FCC want the code they will have to buy it me, that is obvious. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ De: KH6TY <kh...@comcast.net> Para: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Enviado: miƩ,24 febrero, 2010 00:31 Asunto: Re: [digitalradio] Consensus? Is ROS Legal in US?` Jose, You will have to disclose the algorithm that determines the spreading on ROS (independent of the data), or bandwidth expansion, if that is actually used. You will have to convince technical people that will show your new description to our FCC that your original description was wrong and prove it by revealing your code. I think this is the only way to get the FCC opinion reversed. You now have a difficult task before you, but I wish you success, as ROS is a really fun mode. 73 - Skip KH6TY jose alberto nieto ros wrote: Is legal because ROS is a FSK modulation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- De: ocypret <n5...@arrl.net> Para: digitalradio@ yahoogroups. com Enviado: mar,23 febrero, 2010 21:26 Asunto: [digitalradio] Consensus? Is ROS Legal in US?` So what's the consensus, is ROS legal in the US or not?