Hi David, Yeah, I think something that just listens/uploads recordings (and doesn't retransmit) would have the least amount of impact on the bands. In fact, that sort of setup would allow people to download recordings at their leisure in case they're portable or otherwise busy.
As for CW, IIRC it's allowed everywhere on the ham bands per FCC rules. Thanks, -Mooneer K6AQ On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 4:20 AM David Tiller <dtil...@davidtiller.com> wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Freetel-codec2 mailing list > Freetel-codec2@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freetel-codec2 >
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