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[Discuss-gnuradio] amateur "exemption"
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[Discuss-gnuradio] amateur "exemption" |
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Wed, 18 Dec 2002 17:37:22 -0500 |
unfortunately, an amateur radio license is no talisman...in fact, it would
be no barrier whatsoever to a federal prosecutor. bill cheek was a
licensed amateur, as is john ramsey. no doubt many gnuradio list members
are (or should be.)
the bottom line is a ham license really changes nothing unless you're cited
by the FCC with a Notice of Apparent Liability (NAL) for transmitting on an
allocated amateur frequency without a license. under literal
interpretations of more than one existing federal law, simple possession of
gnuradio software (and even simple gnuradio hardware, depending on its
capabilities) can be a federal felony--like it or not.
these laws--like most laws--are selectively enforced. whether they will be
enforced against people who possess or use gnuradio hardware or software
is, unfortunately, only a matter of time and circumstance. thank your
senators and members of congress.
as Dickens wrote, "If that is the law, then the law is an ass."
-ed, N3KOW
At 01:35 PM 12/18/02 -0800, Frank Brickle wrote:
...at the risk of sounding alarmist, don't underestimate what the FCC can
enforce...
While it doesn't solve all the potential problems by any means, having an
amateur radio license puts you on the right side of the law in a number of
respects. An entry-level license requires a technical exam only -- no
morse -- which would present no obstacle whatsoever to anybody competent
to be fooling with gnuradio.
Beyond regulation of spurious emissions and power, there are essentially
no constraints on amateurs as far as designing and building their own
equipment are concerned.
The entry-level license restricts users to 50 MHz and above, but that's
where most of the innovation is happening anyway, and where the frequency
allocations for wideband signals are found. The 902 MHz and the 1.24,
2.4, 3.3, 5.6, 10, and 24 GHz bands are pretty wide and wide-open, and
their express purpose is to provide places for amateur experimenters to do
their thing.
Frank Brickle, AB2KT
- [Discuss-gnuradio] New FCC inquiry re additional spectrum for unlicensed devices, Eric Blossom, 2002/12/16
- [Discuss-gnuradio] Part 15 and Gnuradio..., Tim Pozar, 2002/12/17
- Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Part 15 and Gnuradio..., David Willmore, 2002/12/17
- Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Part 15 and Gnuradio..., Steve Schear, 2002/12/17
- Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Part 15 and Gnuradio..., Tim Pozar, 2002/12/18
- Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Part 15 and Gnuradio..., Steve Schear, 2002/12/18
- Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Part 15 and Gnuradio..., Tim Pozar, 2002/12/18
- Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Part 15 and Gnuradio..., Steve Schear, 2002/12/18
- Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Part 15 and Gnuradio..., ed, 2002/12/18
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- Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] amateur "exemption", Frank Brickle, 2002/12/18
- Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] amateur "exemption", ed, 2002/12/18
- Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] amateur "exemption", Frank Brickle, 2002/12/18
- Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] amateur "exemption", ed, 2002/12/18
- Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] amateur "exemption", Eric Blossom, 2002/12/19
- Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] amateur "exemption", Dave Emery, 2002/12/19
- Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] amateur "exemption", Steve Schear, 2002/12/19
- Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Part 15 and Gnuradio..., Dave Emery, 2002/12/19
- Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Part 15 and Gnuradio..., ed, 2002/12/19
- Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Part 15 and Gnuradio..., Dave Emery, 2002/12/18