There must be a ham on both sides of the connection this high power is for "ham's only use" not free community wireless networks.
Sincerely, Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.LaWirelessWeb.com www.scottsmarineservices.com www.boat-parts.net www.boatparts.us -----Original Message----- From: John Freeman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 4:14 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SOCALWUG] QST- part 97 - more power? The point of the FCC requirement of the ham control operator is to keep people from using the connection for non-authorized purposes. This means in essence that the licensed ham is in control of the operation of what is transmitted. In voice or cw operation, it usually means physically monitoring the communications to ensure compliance with FCC rules by other (3rd party) traffic. John >Thanks for all the responses. > >Operation under part 97 seems like a dream come true for Free >community >wireless networks. > >But Norm's eBay insight throws a serious wrench in the machine.... >how on >earth could I keep people from using the connection for commercial >purposes? > >One Idea: >Block secure webpage requests (httpS://, port 443)... because any >decent >e-commerce site (including ebay) uses SSL encrypted pages and forms to >protect credit card numbers and passwords. >Down side... users cant check hotmail and other web based email >securely. > >Just a thought, >Chris > > > > > Plus, you, or anyone on your airwaves, couldn't use the > wireless for any > > commercial basis, such as buy/sell anything on eBay... > > > > ~~~~_/)~~~~ > > > > Norm > > KE6GAJ
