Bill Powell wrote: > (b) Provisions are incorporated to limit transmission by the station > to a period of no more than 3 minutes in the event of malfunction in > the control link." <snip> > > Nothing about timeout though.
The 3-minute timeout timer is the accepted means of accomplishing the above. It goes back to the early days of repeaters (60's). Many repeaters back then had 3-minute timers on the transmitter itself. You had to let the transmitter drop off the air completely to reset it. (I remember the ID interval was 3-minutes back then too. Not to mention everything had to be logged.) > Perhaps a friendly E-Mail to Riley asking if he'd "bust" you for it? > In any event, a 3 minute time out timer is simply good practice and > might save an expen$ive final. > > Bill - WB1GOT My usual rule of thumb is that the FCC is the last people you want to ask whether something is legal or not. They will normally tell you it's not, just to CYA. ARRL has proven themselves to be worse. -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL
