To in any way lock down the software is 100% inappropriate. It's not
just "ham radio" software as we can clearly see, but also a very
important scientific tool used world wide for various purposes. We can
not turn our backs on the scientific community over a few ham radio
contacts that might have hurt our feelings. Callsign theft is nothing
new in ham radio, there isn't anything serious we can do about it, and
we will continue to just live with it.
For the friends, families, and other loved ones, let us never forget.
MH370 crash/wreckage -
A 229-page report released on Wednesday now suggests the missing
wreckage could be located about 1,560km west of Perth.
The revelation comes thanks to 'groundbreaking' amateur radio technology
known as a weak signal propagation reporter or WSPR.
Researchers Richard Godfrey, Dr Hannes Coetzee, and Professor Simon
Maskell used WSPR to help detect and track the plane's flight path.
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PUBLISHED: 22:38 EDT, 31 August 2023 | UPDATED: 12:16 EDT, 1 September 2023
On 10/5/23 06:58, Graham c via wsjt-devel wrote:
And not only that, there are legitimate users of WSJT-X that are not
licensed amateru radio operators. For example SWL users and
experimenters on ISM bands.
Restricting something in the ways suggested just doesn't work, it just
doesn't stop the abuse. You are supposed to have a driver's licence in
order to drive a car on public roads but does everyone driving on
public roads have a valid drivers licence?
The reality is that this sort of abuse of WSJT-X is likely very small
( numbers? 1 in a thousand maybe? ) Is there really a need?
cheers, Graham ve3gtc
On Thu, Oct 5, 2023 at 6:00 AM Tom M0LTE via wsjt-devel
<wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
Broken in 60 seconds by looking at the source code. See APRS-IS.
On Thu, 5 Oct 2023 at 09:36, Adrian via wsjt-devel
<wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
As a victim of another local foundation ham (caught)
unlawfully using my
callsign on 20m FT8 recently, and reports
heard of other fake and unauthorized callsign use, I wonder
about the
possibility
of a digital Mode database setup & registered to , with
license proof
etc, similar to QRZ.
A hex code only then secure issued to the ham passing this
test for
software use.
Wsjtx would be coded to have a code entry near Callsign field,
and only
accepting on correct code entered.
This would go a long way to providing confidence that the
callsign
worked is genuine (DXPeditions etc), and protecting
your own callsign from mis-use.
73
vk4tux
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