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I believe that you have to have a properly
licensed control operator, at a control point, for any transmission made on amateur radio except in the case of emergency. Emergency is further defined as threat to life and property. I have, on various boy scout camporees, place a two meter, rock controlled radio, set on 52, in the disaster sight. The boys were on there own, but there was always someone with a stronger radio, close at hand, to monitor, w/o the boys realizing it. Never had a problem, and did some sole searching about definition of control point. Decided that the stretch, if any was worth it, and I was willing to defend my decision if necessary. -- 73 es cul wb3fup a Salty Bear "Bill Frovik n0mnb" wrote in message ... go for it. as long as u share your info and results with the ham community..and it wouldn't hurt to get ur ticket.. 73's de n0mnb "Leo Szumel" wrote in message ... Hi, What we'd like to do is use amateur radio for some university research projects. Specifically, we would like to use AR equipment in sensor network research. Sensor networks are basically like APRS without people at the transmit nodes, and more than just position information is reported (maybe temperature, etc). Also, multi-hop relay may be employed. I've examined Part 97 rules and tried to read as many applicable threads as possible. My interpretation is that: (a) automated transmissions are OK (with caveats) (b) AR can be used for educational (non-commercial) purposes (c) AR can be used for data transmissions, using encrypted authentication, provided the data payload is unencrypted Part (b) is the most shaky becaues it seems to dependon "reasonable use" and other gray terms. Certainly my proposed use is not "hobby" but it seems to me to fall into the category of "experimentation" and (hopefully) "advancing the field." What do you think of using AR bands for relaying sensor information for research purposes? Would an FCC Special Temporary Authority be appropriate/required? Sincerely, -- Leo Szumel | ECE Graduate Student, UC Davis Email: |
I believe that you have to have a properly
licensed control operator, at a control point, for any transmission made on amateur radio except in the case of emergency. Emergency is further defined as threat to life and property. I have, on various boy scout camporees, place a two meter, rock controlled radio, set on 52, in the disaster sight. The boys were on there own, but there was always someone with a stronger radio, close at hand, to monitor, w/o the boys realizing it. Never had a problem, and did some sole searching about definition of control point. Decided that the stretch, if any was worth it, and I was willing to defend my decision if necessary. -- 73 es cul wb3fup a Salty Bear "Bill Frovik n0mnb" wrote in message ... go for it. as long as u share your info and results with the ham community..and it wouldn't hurt to get ur ticket.. 73's de n0mnb "Leo Szumel" wrote in message ... Hi, What we'd like to do is use amateur radio for some university research projects. Specifically, we would like to use AR equipment in sensor network research. Sensor networks are basically like APRS without people at the transmit nodes, and more than just position information is reported (maybe temperature, etc). Also, multi-hop relay may be employed. I've examined Part 97 rules and tried to read as many applicable threads as possible. My interpretation is that: (a) automated transmissions are OK (with caveats) (b) AR can be used for educational (non-commercial) purposes (c) AR can be used for data transmissions, using encrypted authentication, provided the data payload is unencrypted Part (b) is the most shaky becaues it seems to dependon "reasonable use" and other gray terms. Certainly my proposed use is not "hobby" but it seems to me to fall into the category of "experimentation" and (hopefully) "advancing the field." What do you think of using AR bands for relaying sensor information for research purposes? Would an FCC Special Temporary Authority be appropriate/required? Sincerely, -- Leo Szumel | ECE Graduate Student, UC Davis Email: |
On Sat, 2 Aug 2003 23:54:02 -0500, Bill Frovik n0mnb wrote:
go for it. as long as u share your info and results with the ham community..and it wouldn't hurt to get ur ticket.. 73's de n0mnb Leo and I kicked this around in private e-mail, and because of lots of facts that you don't know, the use of amateur radio for this project is NOT proper. Gotta' know the whole story before you dispense quasi-legal advice.....especially when said advice is incorrect. -- 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane Principal Attorney Communications Law Center San Francisco, CA |
On Sat, 2 Aug 2003 23:54:02 -0500, Bill Frovik n0mnb wrote:
go for it. as long as u share your info and results with the ham community..and it wouldn't hurt to get ur ticket.. 73's de n0mnb Leo and I kicked this around in private e-mail, and because of lots of facts that you don't know, the use of amateur radio for this project is NOT proper. Gotta' know the whole story before you dispense quasi-legal advice.....especially when said advice is incorrect. -- 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane Principal Attorney Communications Law Center San Francisco, CA |
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