Why do you persist in getting the FCC involved? You are potentially damaging the hobby as a whole. If one is qualified to hold a license the FCC presumes ones ability to determine what operations are legal.
On 7/12/10 1:28 PM, "KH6TY" <kh...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > > > Lester, > The "inventor" has shown over and over that he is not to be trusted, and so > his block diagram would not be believed either. I suggested months ago to him > to just send his code in confidence to the FCC, which they would keep private, > and be done with it. He replied that, arrogantly, "The FCC would have to > purchase the code from him". To me, that suggests that he is unwilling to > disclose the code because it would prove once and for all that it was spread > spectrum, and instead, he tried to bluff his way to approval, even by changing > his original description of the code as spread spectrum, which obviously did > not work. > > ROS's best advantage, IMHO, is for EME, and it is legal there for US hams for > 432 and 1296 EME. I only wish it were legal on 2M also and I could use it for > EME on that band. > > Yes, it should be open-source, and that would end the discussion, but he has > (for perhaps devious or commercial) personal reasons for refusing to do so. > > That is just not going to happen, so let's end the discussion on that note and > get on the air instead! > > 73, Skip KH6TY > > On 7/12/2010 1:14 PM, Lester Veenstra wrote: >> >> >> >> >> Skip: >> >> Spectral analysis cannot differentiate between a high rate FEC operating >> after, as it invariably must, a randomizer, and a true spread spectrum >> system. And a spread spectrum system does not need to employ frequency >> hopping. And a signal that ³frequency hops² is not necessarily a spread >> spectrum signal. I refer you to the old favorite of the UK Diplomatic >> service, the Piccolo. >> >> >> >> As I advocated in an earlier post, the way to end this endless discussion >> would be for the ³inventor² to disclose the block diagram of the various >> steps in his encoding/modulation system. In fact I was rash enough to suggest >> that IMHO, all of these systems being played with by hams, should be open >> sourced, so that, the end user can have some confidence in what he is using, >> and the state of the art can be mutually advanced. We started with this >> philosophy with the TTL MAINLINER-II, and continue it today with many of the >> DSPR systems out there, including the primary commercial company. Their >> disclosure does not seem to have slowed them down at all. >> >> Thanks 73 >> >> Les >> >> >> >> > > > >
