The FCC is very slow to respond to anything related amateur radio. In other words we're a very minor player in the scheme of things. I for one will refrain from using ROS below 222Mhz until it is approved because my license is more valuable to me . Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and that my friends in mine..73, Alan
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "Trevor ." <m5...@...> wrote: > > All the ARRL announcement really does is reference the FCC statement of Feb. > 23. > > That statement said the FCC was not going to say if it considered ROS to be > spread spectrum. Individual operators were the ones responsible for making a > decision. > > The FCC has never said ROS is "illegal" nor have the ARRL. > > I've had a trawl through the FCC site but couldn't find a definition there of > what they mean by the words "Spread Spectrum" and it's their definition that > matters not other peoples. > > If the FCC were concerned about the use of ROS on HF you would have thought > they would have written to at least one of the US stations that they had > observed using it and informed them of a breach of regulations. I am not > aware that they have done so. > > 73 Trevor M5AKA >
