Threaded in... n9wys wrote: > > Chris, > > OK - switching to serious mode for now. > > Using the "one transmission to one radio" argument doesn't float... What > about a group discussion or ragchew on the repeater (or any other > frequency/mode, for that matter?? During those, you are technically > transmitting your message to more than one receiving station simultaneously.
Better example: You talk to anyone on a repeater, you should EXPECT that a control operator is monitoring. That alone is always multiple stations. > Now I know we're going WAY off topic with this, but here's a question to > ponder... What is the difference between sending paging tones off the local > repeater to a group of hams, and sending a QSTR message to that same group > of hams? The paging method uses DTMP of single-frequency tone(s), whereas > the QST message uses "variable frequency" voice. This is getting bad. I guess there are those who would argue if you call someone, and they don't answer, that is a one-way transmission and broadcasting. Telemetry is a legal one-way transmission. Repeater functions are legal one way transmissions. IF you want to get technical, the repeater is responding to your command to send the paging tone, so you talked to the repeater and issued a command, and received a response in the firm of two (or more) tones. As I said before, Telemetry is legal, and so are user functions. Otherwise, you would be illegal every time someone requested the time. Joe M.
