Mooneer, How about a version that passively listens and posts the details of what it hears on a website?
Another answer would be to have it reply in a narrowband data mode to make it compliant with 97.221(c). Does CW count as digital? > On Feb 23, 2022, at 01:26, Mooneer Salem <moon...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Honestly, I consider it closest to being a repeater, though that doesn't help > with the legality. I wonder if there would still be value in having it behave > more like a beacon (one way periodic TX), even if that means it would only be > up on 10 meters and above. > > Thanks, > > -Mooneer K6AQ > > > >> On Tue, Feb 22, 2022, 7:33 PM David Tiller <dtil...@davidtiller.com> wrote: >> > Thus far, in the last five years, you Gary have been the only one who's >> > asked. >> >> That might be because running an automatically controlled voice parrot in >> the HF bands is legally murky here, unfortunately. I'd love to help out but >> I don't think it's kosher in the US. >> >> Although, looking at the definition of a repeater from Part 97: >> >> " Repeater. An amateur station that simultaneously retransmits the >> transmission of another amateur station on a different channel or channels." >> >> There are 2 points that stick out - simultaneously and 'different channel'. >> Your parrot does neither of these. Humm. >> >> How about an automatically-controlled digital station? Unless your emission >> is classified as RTTY or data, no joy. >> >> § 97.221 Automatically controlled digital station. >> (a) This rule section does not apply to an auxiliary station, a beacon >> station, a repeater station, an earth station, a space station, or a space >> telecommand station. >> >> (b) A station may be automatically controlled while transmitting a RTTY or >> data emission on the 6 m or shorter wavelength bands, and on the 28.120– >> 28.189 MHz, 24.925–24.930 MHz, 21.090– 21.100 MHz, 18.105–18.110 MHz, >> 14.0950– 14.0995 MHz, 14.1005–14.112 MHz, 10.140– 10.150 MHz, 7.100–7.105 >> MHz, or 3.585– 3.600 MHz segments. >> >> (c) A station may be automatically controlled while transmitting a RTTY or >> data emission on any other frequency authorized for such emission types >> provided that: >> (1) The station is responding to interrogation by a station under local >> or remote control; and >> (2) No transmission from the automatically controlled station occupies >> a bandwidth of more than 500 Hz. >> >> >>> On Feb 22, 2022, at 7:09 PM, Al Beard <bear...@unixservice.com.au> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Gary and all, >>> >>> I've been building computer systems since the '80s. So, it's not hard for >>> me. >>> >>> David VK5DGR supplied the "freebeacon" "C" sourcecode way back in the >>> development of Codec2. A test piece of software, a "reverse beacon", to >>> "listen" >>> for a Codec2 signal and report on it's bit error rate and transmit that back >>> in the text part of a transmission. And also a second piece of software to >>> use the API (library) and thus check for bugs. >>> >>> I have no problem using the "C" compiler on Linux computers either PC >>> or the Raspberry Pi and similar ARM based Small Board Computers. >>> >>> Here I use a Banana Pi M2 Berry because it has a SATA port on which is >>> an SSD. This keeps my power bill down (for this project). Just about >>> any audio interface that can do a samplerate of 8000 samples per sec. >>> And, any PTT interface, I use a USB serial port and DTR. >>> >>> A "ready to go" SD card image can readily be made if there's sufficient >>> interest. Thus far, in the last five years, you Gary have been the only >>> one who's asked. >>> >>> 73 >>> >>> Alan VK2ZIW >>> >>> On Mon, 21 Feb 2022 01:20:14 -0500, Gary Kohtala - K7EK via Freetel-codec2 >>> wrote >>> > Alan, >>> > >>> > Please refresh our memory as to how one goes about setting up a >>> > FreeBeacon. Seems that I looked into it early on but passed as it was >>> > beyond my abilities at the time. >>> > >>> > Thanks. >>> > >>> > Best regards, >>> > >>> > Gary, K7EK >>> > >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> Alan VK2ZIW >>> Before the Big Bang, God, Sela. >>> OpenWebMail 2.53, nothing in the cloud. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Freetel-codec2 mailing list >>> Freetel-codec2@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freetel-codec2 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Freetel-codec2 mailing list >> Freetel-codec2@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freetel-codec2 > _______________________________________________ > Freetel-codec2 mailing list > Freetel-codec2@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freetel-codec2
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