This whole thread about ACSSB legality reminds me of "read it again" regarding TV channel 7 & digital conversions of a few months ago.
------ Original Message ------ Received: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:47:54 AM PST From: wd8chl <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] ACSSB > n0fpe wrote: > > One thing to remember. Amatuers are NOT authorized to use ACSSB above 30mhz. Please check part 97 for the exact "modes" we are able to use. > > heck if we were there would be tons of ACSSB repeaters already modified into the ham band. > > I don't believe that comment on legality. But no, the reason there isn't > bunch of those on the ham bands is that many people have tried with no > success. The firmware in those doesn't allow out-of-band, and so far no > one has had luck hacking it. And there isn't much value in doing it > anyway. As Doug said, it didn't work very well, so why try? > >
