I agree with both posts (kb9khm and ke5c)  --- I just responded in  
case someone thought his email campaign to the FCC was a good idea!


On May 21, 2009, at 3:23 PM, john_ke5c wrote:

>
>
> > Remember ... don't feed the trolls.
>
> I would EMPASIZE this approach.
>
> Although pre-DStar, QST had a nice article on VOIP and amateur radio  
> including comments by the ARRL general counsel:
>
> "Many callers to the ARRL's Regulatory Information Branch over the  
> last few years have focused on the novelty of the Internet when  
> asking questions about the legal uses of certain systems. Such focus  
> is misdirected. Part 97 does not regulate systems; it regulates  
> stations. The Commission doesn't care what a ham has feeding his or  
> her station; it cares that the station—not the Internet, but the  
> station— is properly operated. And all the rules that apply to any  
> Amateur Radio station apply to one that retransmits audio fed to it  
> by VoIP."
>
> http://www.arrl.org/qst/2003/02/VoIP.pdf
>
> 73 -- John
>

























John Hays
Amateur Radio: K7VE
[email protected]



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