This discussion is getting way off topic for this list. Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 19, 2009, at 6:32 PM, Steve Gehring <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Stephen, > > Despite your your publicized efforts to make known the encryption keys > used, DES-XL encryption is just that -- encryption. Using encryption > or > cyphers is verboten under Part 97.309(4)(c). There's no way to "get > around" the encryption issue -- either you're implementing encryption, > or you're not. It's that simple... > > I know your radios have the ability to turn off the encryption or > cypher > feature, for I have worked as a technician, engineer, and a consultant > in the public safety communications, commercial wire-line and > wireless, > and DoD / non-DoD government telecommunications industries for well > over > twenty years now. Therefore, do not engage the feature, per > regulation, > on amateur bands. > > Now, if you wish to operate digitally modulated radios using Project > 25 > C4FM or D-Star's GMSK modulation (or others), with DVSI's various > vocoders, or other currently known codecs, that is perfectly fine! > Experimentation and technical discovery is highly encouraged and > remains > the essential essence of amateur radio. Just do not encrypt or cypher > said digital streams, for it is verboten, per regulation. There's no > "getting around" this until Part 97 regs are changed. ;) > > 73 de Steve, NL7W > > Stephen Reynolds wrote: > > > > I have 3 D-Star radio's and two P-25 ASIII's with DES-XL Encryption > > units in them. I also own a Keyloader for the ASIII's. There is one > > way to get around the Encryption Issue. You come up on the frequency > > you intend to use it on, in the clear, Announce the Daily Key, and > > say, "join us if you can". This is done more than you would believe > > across the country and makes the Key Public, not private. You do > have > > to be on the right frequency at the right time to get the key, but > it > > is Published. I also hold Commercial Licenses that enables me to do > > the same without the announcement in the ASIII's. > > > > Steve W4CNG > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
