[NLRS] Rule 1.12 discussion

[Mike KBØozn]

Hi Bruce, all,
I like your characterization of shouting distance.  I think that within 
shouting distance isn't appropriate.  Just imagine the points, 6 guys in 
a car, they drive down the road and every 10 miles get out and do 
flashlight cw with each other........  lol
Of course, maybe you could eliminate that by assigning a multiplier to 
it, say X0 < 10 miles, x1 10 to 100 miles, x2 for 100 to 1000, etc. 
That would both make it easy to eliminate the 2 or more ops standing 
next to each other, and encourage long distance at the same time.
Maybe put a limitation on it as well, nothing over 10 watts.  Can you 
imagine a 10w laser, oops, just I just burned a hole in my foot, hold 
on... ouch.

73
Mike
KB0ozn

Bruce Richardson wrote:
> 
> Enjoying the discussion so far. Lots of good points.
> 
> I am just beginning to ponder all of this.
> 
> So I started with what makes me uncomfortable about 2 guys
> keying flashlights?  If the distance is trivial, like
> shouting distance, then it's just a contrived activity. We
> use HT's for "beyond shouting distance".  So, here at the
> start, I'm starting to think about keying flashlights is
> "ok" IF at distance "beyond shouting distance".  I mean,
> it's communicating with light and we seem unwilling to draw
> a line saying "it's not radio" because we respect technology
> and experimentation.  
> 
> So for the sake of discussion, "what's wrong (or right) with
> communicating with light that is incoherent both shorter
> than and longer than shouting distance?"
> 
> Thanks,
> Bruce Richardson W9FZ
> 
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