>In order not to start a rules & regulations thread.... can anyone point me >to a definitive opinion on the legality of using NWS SAME decoders to >automatically transmit severe weather bulletins over amateur radio? I know >that there were divided opinions, with one side coming down strongly >against >it, as an unlicensed individual (the NWS employee activating the receiver) >is causing an amateur radio station to transmit... similar to the argument >against the use of "reverse autopatch" by non-hams.
I posed this question to Riley Hollingsworth via email, his response was that it could not be done automatically, but rather the rebroadcast had to be done by a control operator. We do it automagically while a control operator monitors it. I figure it's close enough. 73
