Kip AE5IB wrote: > We can use any and all of standard encryption (WEP, WPA etc.) > on our 2.4 GHz routers that we convert to ham use, because the > purpose is not to obscure or hide the meaning of the transmission, > but to prevent non-licensed users access to our Amateur networks > with part 15 equipment. The requirement is that if you do, > you have the key or password written in your log book or published.
Just to clarify since this is an international based email list ... you are speaking to FCC regulations for US Amateurs. Can you cite where it says "you have to have the key or password written in your log book or published"? > It is similar to encrypting satellite control commands. There is a very specific set of rules that govern this and space stations in general as set forth in 47 CFR Part 97. §97.207 is for space station operation: >> (f) Space telemetry transmissions may consist of >> specially coded messages intended to facilitate >> communications or related to the function of the >> spacecraft. §97.211 (b) reiterates basically the same thing with very similar language. Here is one of many locations where you can find the Part 97 US Amateur Radio Service rules: http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/regulations/news/part97/ Bob McCormick W1QA
