On Tue, Nov 09, 1999 at 05:11:03PM +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 08, 1999 at 05:10:24PM +0000, Jose A. Amador wrote:
> > or host, or 6pack, or whatever protocol is devised for the purpose.
> > But the radio must transmit and receive AX.25, as it is legally
> > required for radio amateurs, set by the FCC in the USA and a defacto
> > standard created by the massive distribution of such devices all over
> > the world. It is even used commercially.
>
> I remember reading a discussion about this recently -- does your
> part 97 actually say you must use AX.25 for packet? That's a bit surprising.
>
> There's no reason packet has to refer to AX.25 (generally speaking) as far
> as I can see, and even then you could come up with a similar mode
> and call it something else. PACTOR/WinLink seems to offer some similar
> functionality, and it's not packet nor AX.25.
>
> Our regulations here in VK just list the emission modes we can use
> and general identification requirements. No mention of AX.25.
The U.S. regulations used to specify AX.25 level 2, version 2, but no
longer do. Of course the "defacto standard" keeps it alive.
As I once heard, "If you do what you've always done, you'll get what
you've always got."
cheers,
Bob
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