[NLRS] Rule 1.12 discussion

[S. Earl Jarosh]

I really think that Bruce has a point here and I felt the coherent vs.
incoherent was a rather moot point.  It is still in the spectrum and was
used extensively for ship to ship CW/Morse Code communications even after RF
was implemented as it proved to be more secure in some cases at the time.
Also quite honestly those distances were far from trivial and the safety of
the men and ships depended on that communication. So maybe the real test is
the triviality of the distance as you could easily have trivial distance
also with laser. I believe a minimum distance is already covered in most of
the rules?   


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-----Original Message-----
From: nlrs-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:nlrs-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
Behalf Of Bruce Richardson
Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 2:23 PM
To: NLRS at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [NLRS] Rule 1.12 discussion



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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