On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 2:23 AM, Russell McMahon wrote: > It's a freedom you agree to give up in exchange for a st of freedoms > that many commercial operators would give much for. > > A radio amateur has great ability to muck other people's systems up if > not careful enough. > In exchange for the ability to do all sorts of risky (to others > rights) arcane things without any checking or oversight etc you give > them the ability to tell who you are asap so they cam come knocking if > you stray too far unawares. A good protection. > > Honoured more by formal observation than strict compliance. eg some > modes are not clear or decipherable without a priori knowledge of > them. With such the operator may sen and ID in 'clear' every say 30 > minutes or so or whatever the requirement is. Or not. > > In quite a few countries CB radio is banned and in others the power > restrictions are ludicrous. Radio amateurs are given immense freedom > and power. > > The men in the black helicopters do not NEED your address to find you, > it just puts makes them in a better mood when they arrive :-). So you're saying that I can't encrypt my data because if I mess something up, the men in black will have an easier time finding me? So, what if I transmit my ID or callsign or whatever every few minutes in plain text along with my encrypted data? -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist