Wrong. If it's not an open protocol, it's not legal in the ham band. If AOR's is not an open standard, it too would not be legal.
The fact that a unit only works with other like units does not matter. After all, D-Star only talks with D-Star, and P25 with P25. Joe M. Dan Blasberg wrote: > > VSLEP, AEGIS and Pro-Voice aren't any different than D-Star is at this > point and can be used just as any other digital mode on the ham bands. > You just have to have another radio programmed for that protocol to > receive it. Under that logic, the AOR Digital voice units should not > be used on the ham bands because they only work with other AOR units > (not an open standard).
