[Lowfer] OPERA Legal in USA

[Lee]

Or worse case scenario. The FCC will knock on your door and tell you you will never eat lunch in this town again. {I work in Hollywood so .....}
Lee


-----Original Message-----
>From: JD <listread at lwca.org>
>Sent: Feb 3, 2012 8:37 PM
>To: "Discussion of the Lowfer (US,European, &amp;
>	UK) and MedFer bands" <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: Re: [Lowfer] OPERA Legal in USA
>
>>>> OPERA uses a single frequency to transmit on, WSPR uses multiple 
>>>> frequencies, albeit extremely narrow bandwidth.. .
>
>Not strictly true.  More accurate to say one frequency at a time.   It _can_ 
>use a single frequency, period; but apparently, left to its druthers in SSB 
>operation, it's all over the place!
>
>In the HF bands, where propagation can come and go over a given path at a 
>moment's notice, I have grave doubts about it being able to reliably select 
>a frequency that's not in use.  Rather than annoy other users in a 1 Hz 
>bandwidth, it can annoy them across the better part of 100 Hz (maybe 
>more...that's the widest spread I have seen to date.)
>
>As for legality and station ID, etc., perhaps there have been changes in the 
>Rules since I took my test, but didn't digital/binary formats have to have 
>generally published detailed technical specs to be legal on ham bands? 
>Anyone seen any solid details of those yet, or are they still just inventing 
>this protocol on the fly?
>
>(I decline to use the word "mode" at this point, as the big attraction of 
>this software seems totally unrelated to communication, but solely its 
>ability to use the Internet to give instant feedback on whose computer is 
>seeing whose across the airwaves.  There's no need for humans to be involved 
>in the process, as there's no information being exchanged apart from "I see 
>you."  And it's not even a human saying that to you!  That message isn't 
>even coming back to you by radio.  It's all software protocols.  Have your 
>machine call my machine and we'll do lunch sometime.)
>
>John 
>
>
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