Re: OT: Universal Text Messaging and Pagers (WAS Re: Re:dream)
No we don't. The FCC are obviously happy to allow us to do what we do now.
If you stir up trouble and get things banned, there are going to be an awful lot of pissed amameurs after your arse.
kd8bxp@aol.com wrote:
Ben, I agree we need a ruling on this I think part 97 is vauge and vauge for a reason
What we need is to setup a confrance call or something so we can get a well written letter together and get it off to someone who can make a ruleing at the FCC
At 02:06 AM 7/8/2009, Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF wrote:
No we don't. The FCC are obviously happy to allow us to do what we do now.
I agree. I believe it's counterproductive going off and making noise to the relevant Government authority (FCC, Ofcom, ACMA, Industry Canada, etc). The rules are there for a reason, but the rules can't keep pace with the level of technological change and innovation. WHat we do need to focus on is operating within the _spirit_ of the rules. Sending a page to establish a QSO is another means of selective calling, and that's already available on other modes (e.g. callsign squelch on D-STAR). In fact, a very clever gateway might be able to route a D-STAR call to a pager, and alert the recipient that someone on D-STAR is looking to make contact.
If you stir up trouble and get things banned, there are going to be an awful lot of pissed amameurs after your arse.
Agree. Nothing worse than the nit pickers getting something banned, because they made noises, rather than letting events develop. Now, if the pages were being used for commercial reasons, fair enough, but that's already covered in the rules, no further action needs to be taken. POCSAG is a readily available protocol, so no problem there, and the majority of pages are going to be to initiate a QSO.
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On Tue, 2009-07-07 at 16:06 +0000, Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF wrote:
No we don't. The FCC are obviously happy to allow us to do what we do now.
If you stir up trouble and get things banned, there are going to be an awful lot of pissed amameurs after your arse.
"easier to ask forgiveness than permission" I think is the phrase you're looking for here.
Without rehashing old ground, I don't see why POCSAG would be any less legal than DSTAR. "But it's a code!" - yes, a well-documented one, unlike DSTAR with its super-sekrit only-for-the-inner-circle codec and poorly-documented protocol.
Gordon 2M0YEQ
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Tony Langdon