Trevor,
I was not privy to the names of the engineers - only told in confidence
by one of the group that it was done. There is no report, and Dan
Henderson is the ARRL spokesman who relayed the information to hams.
That finding was also published on the ARRL website. This is all I can
say and will say on this subject.
Sorry, that I can say no more, but you can make the tests for yourself
and see that ROS is indeed frequency hopped. As has been stated, hams
are responsible for following the regulations. It is definitely unusual
that the FCC would look at the emitted frequencies as they did in this
case, but I guess it was because of so much disagreement. When the FCC
decides to prosecute an wrong-doer, they definitely make an analysis on
their own - just read the various charges filed against out of banders
that are caught, transmitting more than the allowed power, blocking
repeaters, using profanity, etc. They have in many cases gone to much
trouble to determine without a doubt that a rule was being broken. In
this case, any ham can make the same analysis - just run ROS into a
soundcard and look at the resulting spectrum. ARRL only tries to provide
guidance so individuals do have to do that, but the responsibility is up
to the individual amateur to comply with the regulations.
73 - Skip KH6TY
Trevor . wrote:
--- On Wed, 2/6/10, KH6TY <kh...@comcast.net
<mailto:kh6ty%40comcast.net>> wrote:
> The FCC engineers have performed the same spectral analysis and
> informed the ARRL that the mode is truly spread spectrum.
That's interesting, the FCC have said they they did not give judgments
on individual data modes, it's up to the operator to decide.
Who were the FCC engineers you mention, where is their report and who
in ARRL HQ did they communicate with.
73 Trevor M5AKA
