--- In dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com, "Woodrick, Ed" <ewoodr...@...> wrote:
> If you stick to the specifics of the protocol, then if you put something > besides your callsign in the field, then it wouldn't be in accordance with > the protocol. If it isn't in accordance with the protocol, then you will need > to follow the requirements of utilization of a non-published protocol. This > would require, among other things, that the station identification be done in > a standard protocol such as FM or CW. (For US rules) > > So I guess if you want to get down to nitpicking, if the callsign is not in > the field then you need to make sure to switch your radio to FM and identify > appropriately. > > Ed WA4YIH Though I am of the school that the "MY" field should contain one's own callsign, I don't think your argument about having to ID using FM or CW is correct. The "standard protocol" includes AMBE encoded voice, which can be readily deciphered by anyone with a D-STAR radio and giving a "voice" ID over AMBE, I believe, would constitute a legal identification within the US rules. -- John, K7VE
